## United States Court of App eals

F O R T H E E I G H T H C I R C U I T

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Ju an Co rrea -Gu ti erre z, * al so kn own as * Arm an do Vale nc ia And rad e, *

* App eal fro m

th e Uni te d S ta te s App el la nt , * Dis tri ct Co ur t fo r th e
* Dis tri ct of Ne br as ka

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* [UNPUBLISHED] Uni te d S ta te s o f Am eri ca, *

* App el le e. *

__ __ __ __ __ _ Su bm it te d: Jan ua ry

19 , 20 12 Fi le d: Jan ua ry

25 , 20 12

__ __ __ __ __ _ Befo re LOKEN, BOW MAN, an d B ENTON, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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Ju an Co rrea -Gu ti erre z ap pe al s fro m an or de r of th e Dis tri ct Co ur t de nyin g hi s 1
28 U.S.C. § 22 55 m ot io n to va cat e, se t as id e, o r c o r r e c t th e se nt en ce im po se d fo ll owi ng hi s gu il ty pl ea to a dr ug of fen se

. Co rrea -Gu ti erre z, who ha s be en res id in g in th is co un try il le ga ll y , arg ue s th at Pad il l a v

. K e n t u ck y , 13 0 S. Ct

. 14 73 (2 01 0)
, ap pl ie s ret ro act iv el y an d th at , co ns is te nt wit h Pad il la
, he es ta bl is he d th at hi s co un se l

The Hon or ab le Ly le E. St ro m , Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e Dis tri ct of 1 Neb ras ka

.in hi s un de rlyin g cri m in al cas e pr ov id ed in effe ct i v e a s s is ta nc e by fai li ng to ad vi se

hi m th at hi s gu il ty pl ea m ig ht res ul t in de po rta ti on a n d b y fai li ng to ob ject to th e cri m in al hi st or y cal cu la ti on s in hi s pr es en te nc e rep or t (PSR ). Fo ll owi ng care fu l

rev ie w, we fin d it un ne ces sa ry to de ci de w h e t he r Pad il la ap pl ie s, an d we co nc lu de th at th e Dis tri ct Co ur t p ro pe rly den ie d C or rea- Gut ie rrez rel ie f un de r § 2 25 5.

The reco rd co nc lu si ve ly es ta bl is he s th at Co rrea -Gu ti erre z di d no t m eet hi s bu rd en to sh ow in effe ct iv e as si st an ce of hi s tri al co un se l or res ul ti ng pr ejud ic e: th e PSR in di cat ed a li ke li ho od th at Co rrea -Gu ti erre z wou ld be de po rte d if co nv ic te d; Co rrea -Gu ti erre z co nf

irmed th at he ha d read th e PSR, di sc us se d it wit h hi s co un se l,

an d un de rs to od it ; an d Co rrea -Gu ti erre z ne ve r m ov ed to wit hd raw hi s gu il ty pl ea. See Delt or o- Agu il era v. Uni te d St at es , 62 5 F.3 d 43 4, 43 6 (8 th Ci r. 20 10 ) (n ot in g th at

w h e n a d i st ric t co ur t de ni es a § 22 55 m ot io n wit ho ut a he ari ng , an ap pe ll at e co ur t affi rm s on ly if de no vo rev ie w rev eal s th at th e m ot io n an d th e fil es an d reco rd s of th e

cas e co nc lu si ve ly sh ow th at th e m ov an t is en ti tl ed to no rel ie f); St ri ck la nd v. Was hi ng to n, 46 6 U.S. 66 8, 68 7 (1 98 4) (h ol di ng th at a co nv ic te d de fen da nt ca n

es ta bl is h in effe ct iv e as si st an ce req ui rin g rev ers al if he sh ows th at c o u n s e l’s
pe rf or m an ce w as de fi ci en t an d tha t th e de fic ie nt pe rfo rm an ce pr ejud ic ed hi s de fen se ).
Fo r si m il ar reas on s, co un se l was no t ine ff ec tive fo r fai li ng to in fo rm Co rrea -Gu ti erre z
t h a t h i s st at us as a “ de po rta bl e al ie n” m ad e hi m in el ig ib le fo r a dr ug -tr eat m en t
pr og ram

. C f

. U n i t e d St at es v. You ng , 92 7 F.2 d 10 60
, 10 62 (8 th Ci r.) (h ol di ng in di rect ap pe al th at a de fen da nt ’s de ci si on t o pl ead gu il ty can no t be affe ct ed by a

co ur t’s fai lu re to te ll hi m wha t he al read y kn ows ), cert

. de ni ed
, 51 2 U.S. 94 3 (1 99 1)

. Add it io na ll y , th e reco rd co nc lu si ve ly es ta bl is he s th at th e P S R’s cri m in al hi st or y cal cu la ti on s were no t in co rrec t. See U.S.S.G. §§ 4A1

. 1 ( a ) (cal cu la ti ng cri m in al hi st or y sc or e req ui res ad di ng th ree “ po in ts fo r each pr io r se nt en ce ex ceed in g on e y ear

an d on e m on th ”); 4A1 .2(a ) (d efi ni ng th e te rm “ pr io r se nt en ce” to m ean “ an y se nt en ce pr ev io us ly im

po se d up on ad

jud ic at io n of gu il t, whet he r by gu il ty ple a, tr ia l, or plea of no lo co nt en de re, fo r co nd uc t no t pa rt of th e in st an t of fen se ”); Ro dr ig ue z v. Uni te d

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-St at es , 17 F.3 d 22 5, 22 6 (8 th Ci r. 19 94 ) (h ol di ng th at co un se l’s f a i l u r e t o ad va nc e

m eri tl es s ar gu m en t ca nn ot co ns ti tu te in effe ct iv e as si st an ce).

Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm th e jud gm en t of th e Dis tr i c t Co ur t, an d we gr an t

co un se l’s m ot io n fo r le av e to wit hd raw.

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