Opinion
No. 12-50156 D.C. No. 3:12-cr-00267-BEN-1
09-20-2012
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. ADOLFO BARRON-GALVAN, Defendant - Appellant.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
MEMORANDUM
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
Roger T. Benitez, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted September 14, 2012
San Francisco, California
Before: ALARCÓN, GRABER, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Defendant Adolfo Barron-Galvan appeals his conviction for being found in the United States after having been removed, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), and the resulting sentence of 15 months' imprisonment. We affirm.
1. Plain error did not occur when the government lawyer made certain statements at sentencing. See United States v. Maldonado, 215 F.3d 1046, 1051 & nn.5-6 (9th Cir. 2000) (holding that we review for plain error whether the government breached its plea obligations when the defendant fails to object at sentencing). The government stood by its recommendation of 60 days' imprisonment. At most, the government's additional comments were ambiguous. Accordingly, any error was not plain. See United States v. Dorsey, 677 F.3d 944, 953 (9th Cir. 2012) (holding that an error is "plain" if it is "clear or obvious").
2. The district court did not commit significant procedural error at sentencing. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007) (holding that a reviewing court "must first ensure that the district court committed no significant procedural error"). The district court explained its sentence "sufficiently to permit meaningful appellate review." United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc). The district court considered all the relevant § 3553(a) factors. See id. ("The district court need not tick off each of the § 3553(a) factors to show that it has considered them.").
3. The sentence was not substantively unreasonable, even if it is not the same sentence that we would have imposed. See United States v. Ressam, 679 F.3d 1069, 1086 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc) ("[W]e may not reverse just because we think a different sentence is appropriate." (internal quotation marks omitted)).
AFFIRMED.