### IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 17

- 10727 Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA , Plaintiff

- Appellee

v. OLBIN ENRIQUE LAZO

- PALMA, also known as David Lazo Oblin, also known as David Olbin Lazo,
Defendant

- Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 4:17

- CR

- 10

- 1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Olbin Enrique Lazo

- Palma plea ded guilty to illegal reentry , and the district court sentenced him to 18 months of imprisonment followed by a one

year term of supervised release . The district court explained that the sen tence

* Pursuant to 5 TH C IR

. R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 TH C IR

. R. 47.5.4. United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit 

### FILED April 23, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Case: 17-10727 Document: 00514442022 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/23/2018No. 17

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2 represented an upward departure under U.S.S.G § 4A1.3(a)(1) from an advisory range of two to eight months of imprisonment . Lazo

- Palma now appeals, arguing that his sentence is both procedurally and substantively unreasonable. For preserved claims of procedural error, this court review s the district court’s interpretation and application of the Guidelines de novo and its findings of fact for clear error. United States v. Cisneros

- Gutierrez , 517 F.3d 751, 764 (5th Cir. 2008). This court review s “upward departures for reasonableness, which necessitates that we review ‘ the district court’s decision to depart upwardly and the extent of that departure for abuse of discretion. ’ ” United States v. Zuniga

- Peralta , 442 F.3d 345, 347 (5th Cir. 2006) ( quo ting United States v. Saldana , 427 F.3d 298, 308 (5th Cir. 2005) )

. The district court did not abuse its discretion by upwardly departing based on Lazo

- Palma ’s prior administrative deportations, his receiving lenient sentences for past offenses, and his us e of numerous aliases , as those factors influenced its determination that Lazo

- Palma was a likely recidivist

. See United States v. Zelaya

- Rosales , 70 7 F.3d 542, 546 (5th Cir. 2013); see also United States v. Simkanin , 420 F.3d 397, 415

- 19 (5th Cir. 2005) (affirming an upward departure under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3(a)(1) and U.S.S.G. 5K2.0)

. “A sentence is unreasonable when it (1) does not account for a factor that should have received significant weight, (2) gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or (3) represents a clear error of judgment in balancing the sentencing fa ctors.” United States v. Gutierrez , 635 F.3d 148, 154 (5th Cir. 2011) (citation omitted) . Lazo

- Palma argues that his sentence is substantively unreasonable for the second and third of these reasons. However, he has not shown that the district court cons idered an improper sentencing factor. See Zelaya

- Rosales , 707 F.3d at 546 . Moreover , our “review Case: 17-10727 Document: 00514442022 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/23/2018No. 17

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3 is highly deferential as the sentencing judge is in a superior position to find facts and judge their import under § 3553(a) with respect to a particular def endant.” United States v. Heard , 709 F.3d 413, 435 (5th Cir. 2013) ( quoting United States v. Campos

- Maldonado , 531 F.3d 337, 339 (5th Cir. 2012) ). As Lazo

- Palma merely disagrees with the weight the district co urt assigned to the different § 3553(a) facto rs and “cites no cases that would require this court to reweigh” those factors in his favor, he has not shown that the district court abused its discretion. See United States v. Aldawsari , 740 F.3d 1015, 1021

- 22 (5th Cir. 2014). AFFIRMED. Case: 17-10727 Document: 00514442022 Page: 3 Date Filed: 04/23/2018