United States v. Mejia-Zapata
United States v. Mejia-Zapata
Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Defendant-appellant Antonio Mejia-Zapata appeals from a judgment entered on May 9, 2008, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Irizarry, J.), convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of one count of illegally reentering the United States after being removed following his conviction of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2), and sentencing him to a term of incarceration of 46 months, three years of supervised release, and a $100 special assessment. We assume the parties’ familiarity with the facts, the procedural context, and the specification of appellate issues.
On appeal, Mejia-Zapata claims that the sentence imposed is procedurally unreasonable because the district court erroneously rejected his argument for a lower sentence due to the lack of a fast-track sentencing deduction in this district.
Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
. Fast-track programs allow defendants charged with illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 to plead guilty and waive certain rights, including the rights to file pretrial motions and to appeal or collaterally attack their sentences, in exchange for a lower sentence. See United States v. Mejia, 461 F.3d 158, 160-61 (2d Cir. 2006). No district in the Second Circuit has adopted a fast-track program.
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