United States v. Ramiro Orozco-Godinez

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 19 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 15-10239 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 4:14-cr-01759-RM v. MEMORANDUM* RAMIRO EDUARDO OROZCO- GODINEZ, a.k.a. Ramiro Orozco, a.k.a. Ramiro Orozco-Godinez, a.k.a. Ramiro E. Orozco-Godinez, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Rosemary Marquez, District Judge, Presiding Submitted October 14, 2015** Before: SILVERMAN, BYBEE, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges. Ramiro Eduardo Orozco-Godinez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 18-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea * 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). Orozco-Godinez’s unopposed motion to submit this appeal on the briefs is granted. conviction for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. Orozco-Godinez contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because the record does not support the district court’s decision to vary upward to avoid unwarranted sentencing disparities. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Orozco-Godinez’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The 18-month sentence, two months above the high end 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, including Orozco- Godinez’s criminal history. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51. AFFIRMED. 2 15-10239