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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel BRAVO-ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 09-50311.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 5, 2010.
    
    Filed April 19, 2010.
    Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, Arthur L. Rizer, III, Esquire, Trial, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Thomas Scott Sims, Esquire, Law Office of Thomas S. Sims, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: RYMER, McKEOWN, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Miguel Bravo-Romero appeals from the 57-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for attempted entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Bravo-Romero contends that the sentence is unreasonable because the district court failed to consider an unwarranted disparity between his sentence and the sentences of other similarly situated defendants. The record reflects that the district court considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, including the need to avoid unwarranted sentencing disparities, before imposing a sentence at the bottom of the Guidelines range. Thus, the district court did not procedurally err in fashioning the sentence. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 993 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc); see also United States v. Marcial-Santiago, 447 F.3d 715, 719 (9th Cir.2006).

Bravo-Romero also contends that the sentence imposed is substantively unreasonable because the district court failed to apply this court’s reasoning in United States v. Amezcua-Vasquez, 567 F.3d 1050, 1054-56 (9th Cir.2009). The record reflects that the district court considered Bravo-Romero’s argument in this regard, but found the facts of the instant case to be distinguishable and therefore insufficient to justify a lower sentence based upon the holding of that case. Cf. id. at 1055-56. The sentence is substantively reasonable under the totality of the circumstances. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51-52, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).

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