United States v. Reyes Barrera Alachan
United States v. Reyes Barrera Alachan
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 19-4505
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
REYES BARRERA ALACHAN,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 19-4506
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
REYES BARRERA ALACHAN,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:19-cr-00073-CMH-1; 1:18-cr- 00380-CMH-1)
Submitted: January 31, 2020 Decided: February 5, 2020 Before WYNN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John C. Kiyonaga, LAW OFFICE OF JOHN C. KIYONAGA, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. G. Zachary Terwilliger, United States Attorney, Katherine E. Rumbaugh, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
2 PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Reyes Barrera Alachan (“Barrera”), seeks to appeal
his sentence imposed by the district court after he pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute
500 grams or more of cocaine, in violation of
21 U.S.C. § 846(2018), possession with
intent to distribute and to distribute cocaine, in violation of
21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (2018),
and engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license, in violation of
18 U.S.C. §§ 922(a)(1)(A), 923(a), 924(a)(1)(D) (2018). He argues that his sentence is procedurally
unreasonable because the district court incorrectly determined his criminal history
category, improperly enhanced his Sentencing Guidelines sentence for possessing a
firearm in connection with another felony, and improperly imposed a Guidelines
enhancement in violation of his right to due process, citing United States v. Davis,
139 S. Ct. 2319(2019) (holding that residual clause in § 924(c)(3)(B) is unconstitutionally vague).
The Government contends that the appeals are barred by Barrera’s waiver of the right to
appeal in the written plea agreement.
Upon review of the plea agreement and the transcript of the Fed. R. Crim. P. 11
hearing, we conclude that Barrera knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to appeal
any sentence within the statutory maximum, and that the issues Barrera seeks to raise on
appeal fall squarely within the compass of his waiver of appellate rights. See United
States v. Dillard,
891 F.3d 151, 156-57(4th Cir. 2018) (stating standard of review and
providing standard for enforcement of appeal waiver).
3 Accordingly, we dismiss the appeals. We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the material before this court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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Reference
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