United States v. Aristeo Ortiz-Sanchez ( 2015 )


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  •                                                                            FILED
    NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             JAN 27 2015
    MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No. 14-50160
    Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 3:14-cr-00044-LAB
    v.
    MEMORANDUM*
    ARISTEO ORTIZ-SANCHEZ, a.k.a.
    Aristeo Cortez-Sanchez, a.k.a. Mario
    Gomez-Sanchez, a.k.a. Aristeo Sanchez
    Ortiz, a.k.a. Miguel Sanchez-Cortez, a.k.a.
    Teo, a.k.a. Geraldo Valencia,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Southern District of California
    Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding
    Submitted January 21, 2015**
    Before:        CANBY, GOULD, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
    Aristeo Ortiz-Sanchez appeals from the district court’s judgment and
    challenges the 75-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 have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
    Ortiz-Sanchez contends that the district court’s discretionary denial of a fast-
    track departure under U.S.S.G. § 5K3.1 rendered his sentence substantively
    unreasonable. “In analyzing challenges to a court’s upward and downward
    departures . . . under Section 5K, we do not evaluate them for procedural
    correctness, but rather, as part of a sentence’s substantive reasonableness.” United
    States v. Ellis, 
    641 F.3d 411
    , 421 (9th Cir. 2011). The district court did not abuse
    its discretion in imposing Ortiz-Sanchez’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 
    552 U.S. 38
    , 51 (2007). The within-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable in
    light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the
    circumstances, including Ortiz-Sanchez’s criminal history and numerous prior
    deportations. See 
    Gall, 552 U.S. at 51
    .
    AFFIRMED.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 14-50160

Judges: Canby, Gould, Smith

Filed Date: 1/27/2015

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024