FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 18 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 14-10329
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:13-cr-00402-KJD
v.
MEMORANDUM*
JOSE ESPINOZA-VENTURA, a.k.a.
Alfredo Ernesto-Ramirez, a.k.a. Jesus Jose
Tobar,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Kent J. Dawson, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 10, 2015**
Before: FARRIS, WARDLAW, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
Jose Espinoza-Ventura appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges the 24-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for
*
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).
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.
Espinoza-Ventura contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable
in light of the staleness of his prior conviction and his cultural assimilation. The
district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Espinoza-Ventura’s sentence.
See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The 24-month sentence at the
bottom 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. See Gall, 552
U.S. at 51; see also United States v. Burgos-Ortega , 2015 WL 468186, at *8 (9th
Cir. Feb. 5, 2015) (noting that the defendant’s staleness argument “was taken into
account under the post-Amezcua-Vasquez Guidelines amendment reducing the
increase for a prior felony not scored from 16 to 12”).
AFFIRMED.
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