FI LED U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEV ENT H CI RCUI T AUGUST 31, 2009 T HOMAS K . K AHN CLERK [DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D.C. Dock et No. 0 8- 00 11 8- CR-T-2 4M SS UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A, Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll ee,

ve rs us RAUL GARCIA-PEREZ, a.k .a. Rau l Pe rez- Gon zal ez, a.k .a. Je su s R eci o, Defen da nt -Ap pe ll an t.

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th e Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Mi dd le Dis tri ct of F lo rid a

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Au gu st 31 , 20 09 ) Befo re BI RCH, HULL and COX, Circ ui t J ud ge s. PER CURI AM:Rau l Garci a-Pe rez was se nt en ced to 60 m on th s fo r il le ga ll y reen te rin g t he

Uni te d Stat es aft er hav in g bee n con vi ct ed of an ag gr av at ed fel on y , in vi ol at io n of 8 U.S.C. §§ 13 26 (a) a nd (b) (2 ). He ap pe al s, ch al le ng in g h is sen te nc e. Fi rs t, Garci a-Pe rez arg ue s th at th e di st ric t co ur t co m m it te d a pr oc ed ur al erro r whe n i t i mp o se d a se nt en ce wit ho ut co ns id eri ng al l of th e fact or s in 18 U.S.C. § 35 53 (a) as req ui red by Uni te d St at es v. Boo ker , 54 3 U.S. 20 0, 12 5 S. Ct

. 73 8 (2 00 5)

. W e di sa gr ee. In Uni te d St at es v. Ta ll ey , 43 1 F.3 d 78 4 (1 1t h Ci r. 20 05 ), we he ld th at ,

“ an ack no wled gm en t by th e di st ric t co ur t th at it ha s co ns id ered th e de fen da nt ’s
arg um en ts an d th e fact or s in se ct io n 35 53 (a) is su ffi ci en t un de r Boo ker .” Id

. at 78 6.
In th is cas e, th e di st ric t co ur t ex pl ic it ly st at ed th at he ha d co ns id ered th e fact or s in § 35 53 in im

po si ng th e s e n t e n c e . (R.3 -2 7 at 36 .) Thu s, th e reco rd su pp or ts a

co nc lu si on th at th e di st ric t co ur t pr op erl y co ns id ered th e § 35 53 (a) fact or s as req ui red by Boo ker

. S eco nd , Garci a-Pe rez arg ue s th at th e di st ric t co ur t im po se d a su bs ta nt iv e l y

un reas on ab le se nt en ce. The th ru st of Garci a-Pe rez’s arg um en t is th at he is cu rren tl y

se rv in g a st at e se nt en ce of te n y ears ’ im pr is on m en t, an d th at th i s s t at e se nt en ce is

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su ffi ci en t to de te r fu tu re cri m in al co nd uc t an d pr ot ect th e co m m un it y . Acco rd in gl y ,

On April 11, 2008, Gar cia- Perez p l eade d g uilty in a Florida state court to traff icking in 1 coca ine and wa s sentence d to ten y ear s’ imprisonment. 2Garci a-Pe rez arg ue s th at th e di st ric t co ur t sh ou ld ha ve im po se d a 60 -m on th se nt en ce

co nc ur ren t wit h hi s st at e s e n t e n c e , a nd no t co ns ecu ti ve to it

. The di st ric t co ur t im po se d a sen te nc e o f 60 m on th s, wh ic h i s b el ow t he ap pl ic ab le gu id el in e ran ge of 70 - 87 m on th s’ im

pr is on m en t. Co ns id eri ng Garci a-Pe rez’s le ng th y cri m in al hi st or y , (R.3 -2 7 at 30 -3 1) , th e di st ric t co ur t di d no t ab us e it s d i s c ret io n in im po si ng a 60

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m on th sen te nc e to run co ns ecu ti ve to th e u nd is ch arg ed st at e se nt en ce. W e aff irm th e se nt en ce i m

po se d b y th e d is tri ct co ur t. AFFIR MED.

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