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United States v. Perez-Diaz

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 24, 2017
No. 16-50229 (9th Cir. Apr. 24, 2017)

Summary

considering significantly long prison sentences as a factor that "weighs heavily in favor of detention"

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Opinion

No. 16-50229

04-24-2017

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JORGE PEREZ-DIAZ, Defendant-Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 3:13-cr-03064-LAB MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding Before: GOULD, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Jorge Perez-Diaz appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 18-month custodial sentence and ten-month term of supervised release imposed upon revocation of supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Perez-Diaz contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to consider his mitigating argument that his underlying deportation order may have been erroneous. We review for plain error, see United States v. Valencia-Barragan, 608 F.3d 1103, 1108 (9th Cir. 2010), and conclude that there is none. The record reflects that the district court properly considered Perez-Diaz's arguments and explained sufficiently its determination that an above-Guidelines sentence was warranted in light of his significant criminal and immigration history. See Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 357-58 (2007).

Perez-Diaz next contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable in light of the mitigating factors. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Perez-Diaz's sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) factors and the totality of the circumstances, including the need for deterrence. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51; United States v. Gutierrez-Sanchez, 587 F.3d 904, 908 (9th Cir. 2009) ("The weight to be given the various factors in a particular case is for the discretion of the district court.").

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Perez-Diaz

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Apr 24, 2017
No. 16-50229 (9th Cir. Apr. 24, 2017)

considering significantly long prison sentences as a factor that "weighs heavily in favor of detention"

Summary of this case from United States v. Randolph
Case details for

United States v. Perez-Diaz

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JORGE PEREZ-DIAZ…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Apr 24, 2017

Citations

No. 16-50229 (9th Cir. Apr. 24, 2017)

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