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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of M is so ur i - Kan sa s C it y

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be r 18 , 20 13 Fil ed : Dec em

be r 19 , 20 13 [Un pu bl is he d]

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__ __ __ __ __ Befo re SHEPHERD, BOWMAN, and BEAM, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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Elp id io Paz- Cam aren a ap pe al s hi s fif ty-on e m on th se nt en ce fo ll owi ng hi s pl ea of gu il ty to il le ga l reen try su bs eq ue nt to an ag gr av at ed fel on y co nv ic ti on in vi ol at io n of 8 U.S.C. § 13 26 (a) a nd (b) (2 ). Au th or it ie s an d im m ig rat io n of fic ia ls di sc ov ered Paz- Cam aren a whe n h e was arre st ed in Ju ne 20 12 fo r as sa ul t in Kan sa s Ci ty,Mi ss ou ri. The pr es en te nc e in v e s t i g a t i on rep or t, acce pt ed by th e di st ric t co ur t 1

wit ho ut ob

jecti on fro m Paz- Cam aren a, reco m m en de d a fo rty-on e to fif

ty-on e m on th Uni te d Stat es Sen te nc in g Gui de li ne s rang e. The di st ric t cou rt no te d th e Gui de li ne s
ran ge , di sc us se d th e fact or s se t fo rth in 18 U.S.C. § 35 53 (a), an d fo cu se d sp eci fic al ly

on Paz- Cam aren a's r e l a t i ve ly sh or t se nt en ce fo r th e pr io r fel on y co nv ic ti on fo r at te m pt ed st at ut or y rap e. The di st ric t co ur t ul ti m at el y se nt en ced Paz- Cam aren a to th e to p of th e ran ge , fif

ty-on e m on th s. Paz- Cam aren a arg ue s on ap pe al th at th is se nt en ce
was su bs ta nt iv el y un reas on ab le be cau se it is gr e a t er th an ne ces sa ry to sa ti sf y th e st at ut or y go al s of se nt en ci ng

. He al so arg ue s th at th e di st ric t co ur t pr oc ed ur al ly erre d by no t ar ti cu la ti ng an ex pl an at io n o f th e fi fty-on e m on th sen te nc e.

W e ha ve rev ie wed th e reco rd an d fin d th e di st ric t co u rt di d no t ab us e it s
co ns id erab le di sc ret io n in se nt en ci ng Paz- Cam aren a to th e pr es um pt iv el y reas on ab le wit hi n- ran ge se nt en ce of fif ty-on e m on th s. See Un i t e d S ta te s v. Pap pa s, 71 5 F.3 d 22 5, 22 9- 30 (8 th Ci r. 20 1 3 ) (s ta nd ard of rev ie w, pr es um pt io n)

. Fu rth er, as PazCam aren a di d no t ob

ject to th e di st ric t co ur t's al le ge d pr oc ed ur al erro r, we rev ie w fo r pl ai n erro r an d fin d no erro r, pl ai n or ot he rwis e. See Uni te d St at es v. Hof fm an , 70 7 F.3 d 9 29 , 93 7 (8 th Ci r. 20 13 ) (p la in erro r st an da rd of rev ie w). In fact , th e di st ric t

co ur t art ic ul at ed a rat he r ex te ns iv e ex pl an at io n of it s reas on fo r arri vi ng at th e fiftyon e m on th sen te nc e. Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm

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