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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregorio GARCIA-HARO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 12-50175.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 24, 2013.
    
    Filed July 31, 2013.
    Christopher Alexander, Assistant U.S., Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Martha McNab Hall, Law Office of Debra Dilorio, San Diego, CA for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: ALARCÓN, CLIFTON, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Gregorio Garcia-Haro appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges 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 under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Garcia-Haro contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to consider all of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors. We review for plain error, see United States v. Valencia-Barragan, 608 F.3d 1103, 1108 (9th Cir.2010), and find none. The record reflects that the district court adequately considered all of the relevant sentencing factors.

Garcia-Haro also contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district court gave undue weight to his criminal history and failed to account for his cultural assimilation. We review the denial of a request for a downward departure based on cultural assimilation only as part of our review of the overall substantive reasonableness of the sentence. See United States v. Ellis, 641 F.3d 411, 421-22 (9th Cir.2011). The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Garcia-Haro’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The 57-month sentence at the bottom of the Guidelines range is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Garcia-Haro’s repeated unlawful entries, multiple removals, and violent criminal history. See id.; see also U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 cmt. n. 8 (“[A cultural assimilation] departure should be considered only ... [where it] is not likely to increase the risk to the public from further crimes of the defendant.”).

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