United States v. Jose Ramirez-De La Cruz

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION JAN 04 2010 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 09-30147 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:07-CR-00448-ALH v. MEMORANDUM * JOSE SERAFIN RAMIREZ-DE LA CRUZ, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ancer L. Haggerty, District Judge, Presiding Submitted December 15, 2009 ** Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges. Jose Serafin Ramirez-De La Cruz appeals from the 57-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry, in violation of * 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). SZ/Research 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm, but remand to correct the judgment. Ramirez-De La Cruz contends that his sentence is unreasonable because: (1) it is based on a 16-level enhancement, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A), which is an inherently flawed Guideline; (2) application of the 16-level enhancement resulted in a Guidelines’ range that was greater than necessary to achieve the purposes of sentencing; (3) the district court failed to consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors; and (4) the district court failed to consider his argument regarding the 16-level increase and his argument in favor of a departure based on assimilation. The record indicates that the district court did not procedurally err and that Ramirez-De La Cruz’s sentence is substantively reasonable. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992-93 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc); cf. United States v. Amezcua-Vasquez, 567 F.3d 1050, 1054-58 (9th Cir. 2009). In accordance with United States v. Rivera-Sanchez, 222 F.3d 1057, 1062 (9th Cir. 2000), we remand the case to the district court with instructions that it delete from the judgment the incorrect reference to § 1326(b)(2). See United States v. Herrera-Blanco, 232 F.3d 715, 719 (9th Cir. 2000) (remanding sua sponte to delete the reference to § 1326(b)). SZ/Research 2 09-30147 AFFIRMED; REMANDED to correct the judgment. SZ/Research 3 09-30147