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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 18-11376

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:17-cr-20675-CMA-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff-Appellee,

 versus

JUAN HERRERA, 

 Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Florida

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(October 19, 2018)

Before WILLIAM PRYOR, BRANCH and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

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Juan Herrera appeals his sentence of 84 months of imprisonment following 

his plea of guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud. 18 U.S.C. § 1349. He argues 

that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. We affirm.

We review the substantive reasonableness of a sentence for abuse of 

discretion. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). When reviewing the 

reasonableness of an above-guideline sentence, we “may consider the extent of the 

deviation but must give due deference to the district court’s decision that the 

§ 3553(a) factors, on a whole, justify the extent of the variance.” Id.

The district court did not abuse its discretion when it imposed an aboveguideline sentence to address the magnitude and duration of Herrera’s fraud. After 

serving Perez Trading Company Incorporated for fifteen years while drawing an 

annual salary of $200,000, Herrera began abusing his role as senior manager and 

stole from the company by submitting fraudulent invoices in the names of shell 

companies that he created, by approving payment for those sham invoices, and by 

having two cohorts negotiate the company-issued checks. Herrera defrauded his 

employer and his 150 coworkers who shared in the company profits for fifteen 

years, during which he distributed one quarter of the stolen proceeds to his cohorts

and still retained approximately $8 million. With a total offense level of 24 and a 

criminal history of I, Herrera faced an advisory sentencing range of 51 to 63 

months of imprisonment. After “very careful consideration,” the district court

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found that Herrera’s “advisory guideline range [was] not sufficient” to account for

the enormity of his fraud and his efforts “to shield his assets from collection” or “to 

serve the objectives” in sentencing to “promote respect for the law” and to 

“provide deterrence to others.” See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).

We cannot say that the district court committed a clear error of judgment in 

determining that a sentence 21 months above the high end of Herrera’s sentencing 

range best served the objectives of sentencing. See United States v. Irey, 612 F.3d 

1160, 1189 (11th Cir. 2010) (en banc). Herrera contends that “the district court 

made no effort to compare the harm [he] caused . . . to the harm caused in run of 

the mill cases involving similar amounts,” but the district court was not required to 

“compare the details of [Herrera’s] case . . . with the details of the average 

offender’s average case” before selecting a sentence, see United States v. RosalesBruno, 789 F.3d 1249, 1265 (11th Cir. 2015). Because Herrera “believes the 

district court made a clear error of judgment when it sentenced him more harshly 

than it would have done in a ‘mine-run case,’ it is his burden to prove as much,” id.

at 1264, yet Herrera offers no evidence that his case is, in his words, a “typical 

wire-fraud case.” Herrera also contends that “[t]he loss amount and abuse of trust 

were directly considered . . . [in] the guidelines,” but the district court was entitled 

to base its variance on factors already accounted for in the enhancement of 

Herrera’s offense level, see United States v. Rodriguez, 628 F.3d 1258, 1264 (11th 

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Cir. 2010). Herrera’s sentence of 84 months of imprisonment, which is well below 

his maximum statutory penalty, is reasonable. See United States v. Gonzalez, 550 

F.3d 1319, 1324 (11th Cir. 2008).

We AFFIRM Herrera’s sentence.

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