Case ID: f-appx_286/html/0470-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose HERNANDEZ-SILVA, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 07-10194.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 22, 2008.
    
    Filed July 31, 2008.
    
      Tracey A. Bardorf, Esq., James R. Knapp, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Brian I. Rademacher, Esq., Federal Public Defender’s Office, Tucson, AZ, for D efendant-App ell ant.
    Before: B. FLETCHER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jose Hernandez-Silva appeals from the 63-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal re-entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Hernandez-Silva contends that the district court clearly erred by failing to grant an additional one-level reduction for acceptance of responsibility pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(b), despite the government’s motion recommending the adjustment. The district court did not err as its decision was based on Hernandez-Silva’s failure to timely notify authorities of his intention to enter a plea of guilty, thereby preventing the court from allocating its resources efficiently. See U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(b) (2006); see also United States v. Espinoza-Cano, 456 F.3d 1126, 1135 (9th Cir.2006).

Hernandez-Silva also contends that the overall sentence imposed was unreasonable due to the district court’s refusal to grant a downward departure for cultural assimilation, its failure to consider mitigating factors, and its improper consideration of his criminal history. The district court noted that the facts did not support a departure for cultural assimilation, nor did they support a mitigated sentence. Furthermore, there is no evidence to suggest that the court placed undue weight on Hernandez-Silva’s criminal history to the exclusion of other § 3553(a) factors. The district court did not procedurally err, and the sentence imposed is not substantively unreasonable. See Gall v. United States, -U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 586, 596-97, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007); see also United States v. Dallman, 533 F.3d 755 (9th Cir.2008).

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