What is the standard of review for granting or withholding the newly enacted third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility?
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Loudermilk, 15 F.3d 1093 (9th Cir. 1994):
No specific standard of review regarding the granting or withholding of the newly enacted third-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility has yet been enunciated by this court. However, the standard of review regarding the two-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility has been held to be whether the sentencing judge committed clear error. United States v. Gonzalez, 897 F.2d 1018, 1019 (9th Cir.1990). The same considerations that led to that decision apply here.
A review of the record below fails to reveal any basis for a finding of clear error.
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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