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

United States v. Adolfo Lopez

United States v. Adolfo Lopez
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided September 25, 2015 · Reinhardt, Leavy, Berzon
617 F. App'x 800

United States v. Adolfo Lopez

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Adolfo Salvador Lopez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 30-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a deported 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.

Lopez contends that the district court abused its discretion by failing to depart or vary downward to account for his alleged cultural assimilation. We review this claim as part of our review of the substantive reasonableness of the sentence. See United States v. Vasquez-Cruz, 692 F.3d 1001, 1008 (9th Cir. 2012). The below-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Lopez’s criminal and immigration history. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).

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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