USA V. BRIAN BLURTON, No. 14-50301 (9th Cir. 2015)
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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS NOV 19 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 14-50301 D.C. No. 5:13-cr-00036-VAP-1 v. MEMORANDUM* BRIAN BLURTON, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Virginia A. Phillips, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted October 22, 2015 Pasadena, California Before: KOZINSKI, IKUTA and OWENS, Circuit Judges. The district court erred by ordering restitution without disaggregating “the losses, including ongoing losses, caused by the original abuse of [each] victim . . . from the losses caused by the ongoing distribution and possession of images of that * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. page 2 original abuse, to the extent possible.” United States v. Galan, No. 14-30145, slip op. at 9 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2015). The restitution order is VACATED and the case is REMANDED for further proceedings consistent with Galan.
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