FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAR 22 2013
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. 12-10314
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:11-cr-00077-RLH
v.
MEMORANDUM *
PABLO GONZALEZ-MORA,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Roger L. Hunt, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted March 12, 2013 **
Before: PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Pablo Gonzalez-Mora appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges the 135-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction
for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C.
*
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).
§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we
affirm.
Gonzalez-Mora contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable
because mitigating factors, including his disadvantaged youth, justified a variance.
The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Gonzalez-Mora’s
sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). In light of the totality
of the circumstances and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, the low-end
Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable. See id.; see also United States v.
Gutierrez-Sanchez, 587 F.3d 904, 908 (9th Cir. 2009) (“The weight to be given the
various factors in a particular case is for the discretion of the district court.”).
AFFIRMED.
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