FI L ED U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S EL EVENTHCI RCUI T MARCH 2, 2012 J OHN L EY CL ERK [DO N OT PUBLISH]

IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Pla in ti ff-Ap pe ll ee, ve rs us JOHNY ALBERTO CALZADA, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll D efen da nt -Ap pe ll an t.

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Ma rch 2, 2 01 2) Befo re PRYOR, MARTIN an d F AY, Circ ui t Jud ge s. PER CURI AM:Jo hn y Alb ert o C al zad a ap pe al s h is sen te nc e o f 29 2 m on th s o f im pr is on m en t fo r co ns pi rin g t o p os se ss with i nt en t t o d is tri bu te 5 k il og ram s o r m or e o f co cai ne whi le onbo arda ve ss el subjec t t o t he juri sd ic ti on of t he Uni te d S ta te s, 4 6 U.S.C. §§ 70 50 3( a), 7 05 06 ; 2 1 U.S.C. § 96 0( b) (1 )(B) (ii ), an d p os se ss in g wi th in te ntto di st rib ut e 5 ki lo gr am s o r m or e o f co cai ne whi le onbo ardth atve ss el , id .; 4 6 U.S.C. §§ 70 50 3( a)(1 ), 70 50 6( a); 18 U.S.C. § 2 . Calz ad a ch al le ng es th e d en ia l o f hi s reque stfora do wnwar d d ep artur e, Uni te d S ta te s Se nt en ci ng Gui de li ne s M anua l § 5H1 .4 (No v. 2 01 0) , andth e rea so nabl en es s o f hi s s en te nc e. W e aff irm. W e la ckjuri sd ic ti on to rev ie w th e d en ia l o f Cal zad a’s reque stfora do wnwar d d ep artur e. W e can no t ex am in e a d is cret io na ry de ci si on no t t o d ep art do wnwar d “ un le ss th e d is tri ctco urt i nc orrect ly bel ie ve d t ha t i t l ack edau th or it y to gr an t the de pa rtu re,” an d the reco rdest ab li sh es th atth e d is tri ctco urt “ un de rs to od th atitco ul d d ep art , bu t ch os e n otto do so .” Uni te d S ta te s v . Dud le y , 46 3 F .3d 12 21 , 12 28 (11 th Cir . 20 06 ). The d is tri ctco urt co ns id eredCal zad a’s ag e an d ph y si cal ail m en ts an d d et erm in ed , bec au se he co ul d “ be ad equa te ly caredforin th e d et en ti on syste m ,” th ata do wnwar d d ep artur e was un warra nt ed . The rec or d do es no t es tabl is h t ha t the di st ric t co urt fa il edto un de rs ta ndit s au th or it y to de pa rt. The di stric t co urt d idno t ab us e it s d is cret io n b y sen te nc in g C al zad a to a te rm of i m pr is on m en t atth e lo w endof t he advi so ry gu id el in e ran ge . Calz ad a, th e 2cap ta in of aPan am an ia n fi sh in g v es se l, at te m pt edto sm

ug gl e in to th e Uni te d St at es 64 0 k il og ram s o f co cai ne th atha d b eenco nc eal edinth e fi sh ho ldof h is sh ip . Calz ad a te st ifi edin cred ib ly at tri al th athe di d n otkn ow ab ou t the dru gs un ti l a m em

be r of hi s cr ew us eda sa te ll it e te le ph on e to m ak e arr an ge m en ts to tra ns fer the dru gs an d b la m edhi s “ m is ta ke n d eci si on ” to go to tri al on th e fac t tha t he “pe rh ap s . . . di d n otun de rs tandwell whatwas b ei ng tra ns la te d . . . .” Cal zad a co m pl ai ns ab ou t the les se r se nt en ce re cei ve d b y Apo li na r De La Cru z Yes qu en , who serve d o n t he sh ip ’s crew an d p le ad edgu il ty to the same crim es , bu t Ca lz ad a is no t s im il arl y

si tu at edto De La Cru z. See Un it edSta te s v . Lang st on , 59 0 F .3d 12 26 , 12 37 (11 th Cir . 20 09 ). Cal zad a’s se nt en ce i s re as on ab le
. W e AFFIRM Cal zad a’s se nt en ce.

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