United States v. John L. Vickers

John Vickers challenges the district court’s refusal to depart downward from the sentencing guidelines. For the reasons cited herein, we affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On July 30,1986, John Vickers (hereafter Vickers) was sentenced to a forty-eight month term of imprisonment for possession of a stolen treasury check. On November 12, 1987, Vickers was transferred from a Federal Correctional Institution to a residential center located in New Orleans. While serving his sentence at the residential center, Vickers absconded. Due to be released on March 28, 1988, Vickers returned of his own…