United States v. Salvador Sanchez-Miranda

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 27 2011 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 10-50315 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 3:09-cr-02585-JM v. MEMORANDUM * SALVADOR DE JESUS SANCHEZ- MIRANDA, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Jeffrey T. Miller, District Judge, Presiding Submitted October 25, 2011 ** Before: TROTT, GOULD, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges. Salvador de Jesus Sanchez-Miranda appeals from the 77-month sentence imposed following his jury-trial conviction for attempted entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and * 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. Appellant. P. 34(a)(2). we affirm. Sanchez-Miranda contends that his below-Guidelines sentence is unreasonable because the district court failed to grant a downward departure based on his cultural assimilation and reasons for reentering the United States. The record reflects that the district court considered Sanchez-Miranda’s cultural assimilation and motivations for reentering, and imposed a sentence that is substantively reasonable in light of the totality of the circumstances and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51-52 (2007). AFFIRMED. 2 10-50315