United States v. Juan Romero-Cervantes

584 F. App'x 561

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 18, 2014
• Docket: 13-10638
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Juan Gustavo Romero-Cervantes appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 63-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Romero-Cervantes contends that the district court abused its discretion by failing to depart or vary downward from the advisory Guidelines range on the basis of his cultural assimilation. Our review of this claim is limited to determining whether the court imposed a substantively reasonable sentence. See United States v. Vasquez-Cruz, 692 F.3d 1001, 1008 (9th Cir.2012), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 134 S.Ct. 76, 187 L.Ed.2d 60 (2013). The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing ■ Romero-Cervantes’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The sentence at the top of the Guidelines range is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Romero-Cervantes’s extensive criminal history and five prior deportations. See U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 cmt. n. 8; Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586.

AFFIRMED.

** This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.