FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION JUL 07 2010
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-50359
Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 3:08-cr-04232-WQH
MEMORANDUM *
v.
RAYMOND SALAZAR-AGUNDES
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 29, 2010 **
Before: ALARCÓN, LEAVY, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Raymond Salzar-Agundes appeals from the 40-month sentenced imposed
following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal re-entry of a deported alien, in
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or
by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral
argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291,
and we affirm.
Salazar-Agundes contends that his sentence is unreasonable because the
district court committed a procedural error in failing adequately to explain his 40-
month sentence, which is below the Sentencing Guidelines range of 46-57 months.
This contention is belied by the record, which contains an adequate explanation.
United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992-93 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc).
Salazar-Agundes also contends that his sentence is substantively
unreasonable in light of this Court’s decision in United States v. Amezcua-Vasquez,
567 F.3d 1050, 1054-56 (9th Cir. 2009). Salazar-Agundes contends that under this
Court’s reasoning in Amezcua-Vasquez, his qualifying crime of violence
conviction was too stale. Therefore, the district court should not have applied the
16-level sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(B)(1)(A)(ii). The
record, however, reflects that the district court considered Salzar-Agundes’
argument in this regard and found that the facts in the instant case justified a
sentence below the Guidelines range. The district court nevertheless found the
facts insufficient to justify Salazar-Agundes’ request for a much lower sentence.
Accordingly, under the totality of the circumstances, Salzar-Agundes’ sentence is
substantively reasonable. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 53-60 (2007).
AFFIRMED.
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