United States v. Pompa-Villa

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: May 29, 2026
• Docket: 25-4245
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 29 2026 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 25-4245 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:21-cr-00031-RRB-MMS-1 v. MEMORANDUM* RENE ALEJANDRO POMPA-VILLA, AKA Patna, AKA Christian Alexander Marero-Ocasio, AKA Felix Berrios, AKA Mario Rodriquez-Albelo, AKA Jorge Arzuaga-Ortiz, AKA Victor Rivera-Diaz,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Ralph R. Beistline, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 26, 2026**

Before: S.R. THOMAS, MILLER, and H.A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Rene Alejandro Pompa-Villa appeals pro se from the district court’s order

denying his motion for compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A).

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Pompa-Villa contends that he is entitled to compassionate release because he

is the only available caregiver for his ailing mother and because he has been

rehabilitated and no longer poses a threat to the public. The district court did not

abuse its discretion in concluding otherwise. See United States v. Wright, 46 F.4th

938, 944 (9th Cir. 2022). As the court stated, Pompa-Villa did not show he was his

mother’s “only available caregiver,” U.S.S.G. § 1B1.13(b)(3)(C), because the

record reflects there are other family members who could provide care. Moreover,

the court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that Pompa-Villa’s extensive

criminal history, which included four felony convictions, made him a risk to

society and weighed against compassionate release. See United States v. Gutierrez-

Sanchez, 587 F.3d 904, 908 (9th Cir. 2009) (“The weight to be given the various

factors in a particular case is for the discretion of the district court.”).

Pompa-Villa’s summary assertion that the District of Alaska has a

“predetermined” policy of denying compassionate release is unsupported, and his

claim that he and his counsel were not given the opportunity to present arguments

is belied by the record. We do not consider arguments raised for the first time on

appeal or in the reply brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir.

2009).

AFFIRMED.

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