U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2015

United States v. Pedro De La Rosa-Soto

United States v. Pedro De La Rosa-Soto
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided April 24, 2015 · Goodwin, Bybee, Christen
600 F. App'x 558

United States v. Pedro De La Rosa-Soto

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Pedro De La Rosa-Soto appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 24-month sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

De La Rosa-Soto contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to calculate the applicable Guidelines range. It is plain error for a district court to fail to calculate the Guidelines range. See United States v. Hammons, 558 F.3d 1100, 1105 (9th Cir. 2009). Nevertheless, the record reflects that the district court was aware of the undisputed Guidelines range. Accordingly, any error by the district court was harmless and did not affect De La Rosa-Soto’s substantial rights. See Fed.R.Crim.P. 52(a).

De La Rosa-Soto also contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable in light of victimless nature of his supervised release violation. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing De La Rosa-Soto’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The sentence at the top end of the undisputed Guidelines range is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586; see also United States v. Simtob, 485 F.3d 1058, 1063 (9th Cir. 2007) (“A violator who, after committing an offense and being placed on supervised release for that offense, again commits a similar offense is not only more likely to continue on that path, but also has demonstrated to the court that the violator has little respect for its command.”).

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

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