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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Efrain GUZMAN-CASTRO, a.k.a. Efrain Guzman Castro, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 17-30030
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted November 15, 2017 
    
    Filed November 17, 2017 .
    Bryce Bland Ellsworth, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Kevin Thomas Malo-ney, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Boise, ID, for Plaintiff-Ap-pellee
    Craig H. Durham, Ferguson Durham, PLLC, Boise, ID, for Defendant-Appellant
    Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App, P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Efrain Guzman-Castro appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 96-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea convictions for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and distributing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Guzman-Castro contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable in light of the mitigating circumstances in this case. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Guzman-Castro’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The mid-range sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and the totality of the circumstances. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586.

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