United States v. Miguel Fonseca

369 F. App'x 825

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: March 5, 2010
• Docket: 09-50254
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Miguel Angel Fonseca appeals from the 36-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for attempted entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Fonseca contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to address several of his sentencing arguments and that the sentence was substantively unreasonable because it failed adequately to reflect the considerations at 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Our review of the record indicates that the judge’s explanation of the sentence was procedurally adequate under the circumstances. See Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 359, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007); United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 995 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc). Considering the totality of the circumstances, the 36-month sentence — five months below the advisory guidelines range — was substantively reasonable. Id. at 993.

Fonseca also contends that application of the 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 resulted in improper double-counting of the fact of his prior conviction, because the prior conviction was also considered in calculating his criminal history category. This argument is foreclosed by United States v. Garcia-Cardenas, 555 F.3d 1049 (9th Cir.2009) (per curiam).

Finally, Fonseca contends that the district court erred in applying the 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 because Fonseca’s prior conviction for lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age, in violation of CaLPenal Code § 288(a), does not qualify as a crime of violence. He contends that Estrada-Espinoza v. Mukasey, 546 F.3d 1147 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc), overruled United States v. Baron-Medina, 187 F.3d 1144 (9th Cir.1999), and United States v. Medina-Maella, 351 F.3d 944 (9th Cir.2003). This contention is foreclosed by United States v. Medina-Villa, 567 F.3d 507, 511-16 (9th Cir.2009). Fonseca’s related contention that Nijhawan v. Holder, — U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 2294, 174 L.Ed.2d 22 (2009), effectively overruled Medinar-Villa also fails. See Nijhawan, 129 S.Ct. at 2300.

AFFIRMED.

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