UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-4702

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CIRILO SERRANO-MANEHEN, a/k/a Jesus Flores Lopez, a/k/a 

Cirilo Maneche Serrano, a/k/a Edwardio Blanco Torra, a/k/a 

Jose Manuel Renteria Galeana, a/k/a Jose Renteria Galeana,

Defendant – Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle 

District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Catherine C. Eagles, 

District Judge. (1:13-cr-00131-CCE-1)

Submitted: May 29, 2014 Decided: June 2, 2014

Before SHEDD, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Dennis M. Hart, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Ripley Rand, 

United States Attorney, Kyle D. Pousson, Special Assistant 

United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for 

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:

Cirilo Serrano-Manehen pled guilty to illegal reentry 

by a deported alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(1) 

(2012). The district court sentenced him to 70 months’ 

imprisonment. Serrano-Manehen appeals, challenging the validity 

of his plea and the reasonableness of his sentence. We affirm.

In the absence of a motion in the district court to 

withdraw a guilty plea, this court’s review of the plea colloquy 

is for plain error. United States v. Martinez, 277 F.3d 517, 

525 (4th Cir. 2002). After reviewing the plea agreement and the 

transcript of the plea hearing, we conclude that the district 

court fully complied with the requirements of Fed. R. Crim. P. 

11 when accepting Serrano-Manehen’s guilty plea. Therefore, we 

affirm his conviction.

Serrano-Manehen contends that the sentence imposed was 

unreasonable and that the court erred by imposing a term of 

supervised release. We have reviewed the sentence and conclude

that it was properly calculated and that the sentence imposed 

was reasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 

(2007); United States v. Llamas, 599 F.3d 381, 387 (4th Cir. 

2010). The district court appropriately considered the 18 

U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2012) factors in light of Serrano-Manehen’s 

individual characteristics and history, and adequately explained 

the sentence. We conclude that the district court did not abuse 
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its discretion in imposing the 70-month sentence. See Gall, 552 

U.S. at 41; United States v. Allen, 491 F.3d 178, 193 (4th Cir. 

2007) (applying appellate presumption of reasonableness to 

within-Guidelines sentence). Additionally, although a term of 

supervised release was not required by statute, we find no plain 

error by the court in imposing a two-year supervised release 

term. See United States v. Maxwell, 285 F.3d 336, 339 (4th Cir. 

2002).

Serrano-Manehen also seeks to assert a claim that his 

attorney provided ineffective assistance. Claims of ineffective 

assistance of counsel are more appropriately raised in a motion 

filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012), unless counsel’s 

ineffectiveness conclusively appears on the record. United 

States v. Baldovinos, 434 F.3d 233, 239 (4th Cir. 2006). After 

review of the record, we find no conclusive evidence that 

counsel rendered ineffective assistance. Accordingly, we

decline to consider these claims on direct appeal, and we affirm 

Serrano-Manehen’s sentence. 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