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Parties Involved:
Juan Antonio Padilla-Pecina
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-41650

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JUAN ANTONIO PADILLA-PECINA, also known as Leonel Longoria-Baes, 

also known as Juan Padilla,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:15-CR-599-1

Before KING, DENNIS, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Juan Antonio Padilla-Pecina appeals his within-guidelines sentence of 

77 months of imprisonment imposed for his guilty plea conviction of illegal 

reentry after removal following an aggravated felony conviction. See 8 U.S.C. 

§ 1326(a), (b)(2). We review the reasonableness of the sentence for an abuse of 

discretion while applying a presumption of reasonableness. United States v. 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

September 7, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Diaz Sanchez, 714 F.3d 289, 295 & n.1 (5th Cir. 2013). We review unpreserved 

arguments for plain error. See United States v. Peltier, 505 F.3d 389, 391-92 

(5th Cir. 2007). 

We have rejected reasonableness challenges to illegal reentry sentences 

based on claims that U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 lacks an empirical basis. See, e.g., 

United States v. Gomez-Herrera, 523 F.3d 554, 565-66 (5th Cir. 2008). We have 

also rejected the argument, raised for the first time on appeal, that illegal 

reentry is merely an international trespass and that its seriousness is 

overstated by § 2L1.2. See e.g., United States v. Juarez-Duarte, 513 F.3d 204, 

212 (5th Cir. 2008). Padilla-Pecina fails to overcome the presumption of 

reasonableness or to demonstrate error, plain or otherwise. See Diaz Sanchez, 

714 F.3d at 295.

AFFIRMED.

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