United States v. Mungia

Case: 21-10624 Document: 00516268201 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/05/2022

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit FILED

No. 21-10624 April 5, 2022 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk United States of America,

Plaintiff—Appellee, versus

Eli Trevino Mungia,

Defendant—Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 5:21-CV-128

Before Wiener, Dennis, and Haynes, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam:*

Eli Trevino Mungia, federal prisoner # 26371-077, appeals the denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) motion for compassionate release. He argues that the district court erred in concluding that he failed to show extraordinary and compelling reasons warranted relief.

Case: 21-10624 Document: 00516268201 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/05/2022

No. 21-10624

We review the district court’s denial for an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Chambliss, 948 F.3d 691, 693 (5th Cir. 2020). We may consider the entire record, going back to the original sentencing, in deciding whether the district court adequately justified its sentencing decision. See Chavez-Meza v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1959, 1965 (2018).

Here, the district court adequately considered Mungia’s arguments, and the record sufficiently supports its conclusion that, even if Mungia met the extraordinary and compelling relief standard, the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors weighed against release. See Chavez-Meza, 138 S. Ct. at 1965; see also Chambliss, 948 F.3d at 693. Accordingly, the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED on that basis, and we need not and do not consider Mungia’s arguments challenging the district court’s conclusion that he failed to show extraordinary and compelling reasons warranting relief. See Ward v. United States, 11 F.4th 354, 360-62 (5th Cir. 2021).