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oril l egalr ee nt r y i nt o the U ni t ed St at es . H er nandez- Tarango w as s e nt e nc e dt o 4 0 mo n t h s o f i m p r i s o n m e n ta n dt h r e e y e a r s o f n o n r e p o r t i ng supervi se d r el eas e. Thi s se nt enc e w as abov e hi s advi so r y gui del i nes r ange o f 21 t o 27 m on t h s of

i m pri sonm en t . H erna n dez-Ta ran go contend s t h at h i s s en t en ce sho ul d be vac at ed as s ubst ant ively unre as onabl e b ec ause itw as gr eat ert han n e ce ss a ryto m e e t th e re q u ire m e n ts o f 18 U .S .C
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. 2 20 ( 200 5) , a sentence i s r evi ew ed fo ra b u s e o f d is c r e tio n . G allv. Un i t ed S t ate s , 1 2 8 S . C t. 5 8 6 , 5 9 4 (2 0 0 7 ). T h is c our t “ ‘f i r st ens ure [ s] t hat t he di st r i c tc our tc om m i t t ed no si gni f i c antpr oc edur al error ’an d ‘ t h en con si der[ s] t h e substantive reasona bl en ess of t h e sentence i m p ose d
. ’” Uni t e d St at e s v . He r r e r a- G ar duno , 519 F
. 3d 526, 529 ( 5t h C i r . 2008) ( quot i ng G a ll , 128 S. C t . at 597 )
. H erna n dez-Ta ran go argu es t h at th e di st ri ct c o u r t fa ile d to r e c o g n iz e th a t th e p u n is h m e n t re q u ir e db y§ 3 5 5 3 (a ) r e la te s to h is i n st an tof

fen se rat h er t h an t h e sentences h e h ad received on pri or c on vi ct i on s. H e r n a n d e z -T a r a n g o a ls o co n te n d s t h a t th e s e r io u s n e s s o f h is in s ta n t o ffe n s e is le s s e n e db e c a u s e h is m o tiv e inco m m itt i n gth e o ffe n s e w a s v is itin gh is g r a n d d a u g h te ra n dth a t h is s e n te n c e w a s g r e a te rth a n n e c e s s a r yinlig h t o f h is persona lhi st ory an d cha ract eri st i cs. T h e di st ri ctcourti n di cat ed that H erna n dez-Ta ran go h adnot r espon ded t o “break s” he receivedf rom cou rts in th e p ast w i t h res pect t o six pri or con victi on s f

or d rivin g w h i l e i n tox i ca ted , h a dn ot resp on d ed to ad m on i sh m en ts abou thi s dri n king, a n d poseda d an ger to the com m u n i t y such tha tthe d i st ri ct court n eeded t o prot ectt h e c o m m u n i t y f rom hi m . Th e di st ri ctcourti n di cat ed t h at itsough tt o di scourage H e rn an dez-Ta ran go f rom ret u rni n g t o t h e U n i t ed St at e s . H e r nand e z - Tar ang o ’ s c r i m i nalhi s t o r y w as o ne o f t he fac t o r s t hatt he d is tr ic t c o u r t w a s p e r m itt e dt o c o n s id e rin im p o s in gits s e n te n c e . Se eHe r r e r aG ar duno , 519 F. 3d at 531. I n addi t i on, t he di st r i c tc our t ’ s st at em ent s r ef l ec tan i n divi du al i zed assessm en tt h at t ook i n t o accoun tt h e hi st ory an d cha ract eri st i cs of H erna n dez-Ta ran go, th e need t o prom ot e res pect f or t h e l aw , t h e need f or det erre n c e, and t he nee d t o pr ot ec tt he c om m uni t y f r om f urt herc r i m es by H e r n a n d e z -T a r a n g o . S ee§ 355 3( a)
. H e r nand e z - Tar ang o ha s no ts ho w n t hatt he di st ri ctcourtabu sed i t s di scr et i on i n sentenci n g h i m t o 4 0 m o n t h s of im p r is o n m e n t. AF F I RMED.