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United States v. Figueroa-Magana

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 25, 2015
608 F. App'x 500 (9th Cir. 2015)

Opinion

No. 14-50420

06-25-2015

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CRISTOBAL FIGUEROA-MAGANA, Defendant - Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 3:14-cr-00603-BEN MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding
Before: HAWKINS, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

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

Cristobal Figueroa-Magana appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 18-month custodial sentence and three-year term of supervised release imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other entry documents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Figueroa-Magana contends that the three-year term of supervised release is substantively unreasonable in light of his circumstances and U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1(c). The district court did not abuse its discretion. See United States v. Valdavinos-Torres, 704 F.3d 679, 692 (9th Cir. 2012). The term is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Figueroa-Magana's significant criminal history. See U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1 cmt. n.5; Valdavinos-Torres, 704 F.3d at 692-93.

Figueroa-Magana next contends that the government breached the plea agreement by recommending a term of supervised release. We review for plain error, see United States v. Whitney, 673 F.3d 965, 970 (9th Cir. 2012), and find none. Figueroa-Magana has not shown a breach because the plea agreement advised him that a term of supervised release was one of the statutory penalties for his offense, and the agreement was silent regarding whether the government could recommend a term of supervised release. See United States v. Franco-Lopez, 312 F.3d 984, 989 (9th Cir. 2002) (construing plea agreement based on what the defendant reasonably believed to be its terms at the time of the plea).

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Figueroa-Magana

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Jun 25, 2015
608 F. App'x 500 (9th Cir. 2015)
Case details for

United States v. Figueroa-Magana

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CRISTOBAL…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jun 25, 2015

Citations

608 F. App'x 500 (9th Cir. 2015)