Legal Opinion

United States v. Dennis Bright

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 5, 2004No. 02-50492PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Dennis Bright pled guilty to five counts of mail fraud arising of a scheme in which Bright falsely offered nurses the opportunity to work at home processing medical surveys. Bright now appeals his sentence, claiming that the district court improperly calculated the amount of his victims’ total losses, resulting in a 10-level rather than a 9-level adjustment of his base offense. Bright also challenges the district court’s restitution order, arguing that the court improperly ordered restitution for dismissed counts and that the court should have made forfeited…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Weinberger v. Romero-BarceloSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. United States v. Robert FeldmanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  3. United States v. BlitzCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  4. Lyman D. Spurlock v. The Federal Bureau of InvestigationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. Bill LawrenceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999

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3Cited by71 opinions

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  4. United States v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2010
  5. United States v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009

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