United States v. Areli Vences-Navarette

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 1 2014 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 13-10556 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:12-cr-00483-PMP v. MEMORANDUM* ARELI VENCES-NAVARETTE, a.k.a. Nestor Garcia-Lopez, a.k.a. Roberto Lopez-Pena, a.k.a. Nestor Lopez-Pompa, a.k.a. Rudy Martinez-Lopez, a.k.a. Raul Vences-Nava, a.k.a. Nestor Vences- Navarette, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Philip M. Pro, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 23, 2014** Before: W. FLETCHER, RAWLINSON, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges. Areli Vences-Navarette appeals from the district court’s judgment and * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). challenges the 48-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a deported alien found unlawfully in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. Vences-Navarette contends that his above-Guidelines sentence is substantively unreasonable because the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors supported the imposition of a within-Guideline sentence. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Vences-Navarette’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the section 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Vences-Navarette’s extensive criminal and immigration history. See id. AFFIRMED. 2 13-10556