United States v. Alvaro Santos-Juateco

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION SEP 01 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 14-50387 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:14-cr-00553-GT v. MEMORANDUM* ALVARO SANTOS-JUATECO, a.k.a. Roberto Arturo Aca-Juateco, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Gordon Thompson, Jr., District Judge, Presiding Submitted August 25, 2015** Before: McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges. Alvaro Santos-Juateco appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 34-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 removed alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We dismiss. Santos-Juateco contends that the district court erred by applying a 16-level sentencing enhancement, imposing a term of supervised release, and finding his criminal history not to be over-represented. The government argues that the appeal should be dismissed based on an appeal waiver contained in the plea agreement. We review de novo whether to enforce an appeal waiver. See United States v. Watson, 582 F.3d 974, 981 (9th Cir. 2009). Under the terms of the appeal waiver, Santos-Juateco waived any right to appeal his sentence, and we therefore dismiss this appeal. See id. at 986, 988. DISMISSED. 2 14-50387