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Parties Involved:
Julio Alberto Jimenez-Garcia
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-4417

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

JULIO ALBERTO JIMENEZ-GARCIA,

 Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at 

Alexandria. Liam O’Grady, District Judge. (1:18-cr-00124-LO-1)

Submitted: January 31, 2020 Decided: February 6, 2020

Before WILKINSON and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit 

Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Geremy C. Kamens, Federal Public Defender, Patrick L. Bryant, OFFICE OF THE 

FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellant. Richard Daniel 

Cooke, Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

ATTORNEY, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Julio Alberto Jimenez-Garcia appeals the 18-month sentence imposed by the district 

court following his guilty plea to illegally reentering the United States after deportation or 

removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) (2018). Appellate counsel has filed a brief 

pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), concluding that there are no 

meritorious grounds for appeal. Counsel questions, however, whether the district court 

imposed a reasonable sentence. Finding no reversible error, we affirm. 

“We review a sentence for reasonableness ‘under a deferential abuse-of-discretion 

standard.’” United States v. McCoy, 804 F.3d 349, 351 (4th Cir. 2015) (quoting Gall v. 

United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41 (2007)). The district court specifically addressed each of 

Jimenez-Garcia’s nonfrivolous sentencing arguments, as well as the seriousness of his 

criminal history and the need for deterrence. Furthermore, the court did not plainly err in 

imposing a term of supervised release, based on its conclusions that the circumstances of 

the offense merited special deterrence and protection. Although the court’s discussion was 

brief, “the context of its explanation made [its conclusions] patently obvious.” United 

States v. Montes-Pineda, 445 F.3d 375, 381 (4th Cir. 2006); see United States v. Blue, 

877 F.3d 513, 520-21 (4th Cir. 2017). Accordingly, we conclude that Jimenez-Garcia’s 

sentence is procedurally and substantively reasonable. 

In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the entire record in this case and have 

found no meritorious grounds for appeal. We therefore affirm the district court’s judgment. 

This court requires that counsel inform Jimenez-Garcia, in writing, of the right to petition 

the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If Jimenez-Garcia requests that 

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a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel 

may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel’s motion must 

state that a copy thereof was served on Jimenez-Garcia.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are 

adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the 

decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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