United States v. Ronald Walter Hayes, Sr

Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.

Ronald W. Hayes was convicted of aiding and abetting the submission of false claims to the United States. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 287. Although his sentence of ten to thirty months’ imprisonment is well within the statutory maximum, see id. § 287, Hayes appeals on the ground that the district court should have sentenced him under the United States Sentencing Guidelines.

As all the other courts of appeals to have addressed the issue agree, see United States v. Polk, 905 F.2d 54, 55 (4th Cir.1990); United States v. Newman, 889 F.2d 88, 94 (6th Cir.1989); United…