United States v. Juan Nazahua-Ramirez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 10 2015
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 14-10327

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:10-cr-01090-JAT

v.
MEMORANDUM*
JUAN NAZAHUA-RAMIREZ, a.k.a. Juan
Ramirez,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding**

Submitted April 7, 2015***

Before: FISHER, TALLMAN, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.

Juan Nazahua-Ramirez appeals the 15-month sentence imposed upon

revocation of supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291,

*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The Honorable Howard D. McKibben, Senior United States District
Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation.
***
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
and we affirm.

Nazahua-Ramirez contends the district court procedurally erred by failing to

explain adequately its within-Guidelines sentence. We review for plain error, see

United States v. Hammons, 558 F.3d 1100, 1103 (9th Cir. 2009), and find none.

The record, taken as a whole, reflects that the district court “considered the parties’

arguments and had a reasoned basis for exercising his own legal decisionmaking

authority.” Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 356 (2007).

Nazahua-Ramirez further contends that his sentence is substantively

unreasonable in light of the statutory sentencing factors and his having already

been punished for the underlying criminal conduct that resulted in the revocation.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Nazahua-Ramirez’s

sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The sentence is

substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) sentencing factors and

the totality of the circumstances, including the need to deter Nazahua-Ramirez

from illegally returning to the United States.

AFFIRMED.

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