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_________________________ ( Ju n e 28, 2007) B efo re B L A C K , M A R C U S an d K R A V IT C H , C i rcu i tJu d g es. P E R C U R I A M: H um bert o R od ri gu ez -V anegas (“ V anegas ”) pl ea ded g ui l ty t o i m po rt at i on of a nd pos s e s s i on w i th i nt e ntt o di s tr i but e he r oi n, i n vi ol a t i on of 21 U . S . C . §§ 8412

a n d 9 6 0 ( b ) . T h e u n d e r ly in g f a c ts o f th e c a s e a r e n o t in d is p u te : V a n e g a s a rr iv e d in M ia m i f r o m B o g o ta , C o lo m b iaa n d , d u r in g as e c u r ity c h e c k , 8 2 8 .3 g r a m s o f h e r o in w er e di sc ov er ed atthe bo tt om of hi s l ug gage. U po n q uest i on i ng , V anegas a d m itte d s m u g g lin g th e d ru g s . T he s e nt e nc i ng gui de l i ne s de t e rm i ne d tha tthe s e nt e nc i ng r a nge w a s 57 t o 71 m onths i m pr i s onm e nt . V a ne ga s ha d no obj e c t i ons t o the gui de l i ne s c a l c ul a t i ons a nd di d nota s k f

ora ny “ othe rde pa r tur e s orva r i a nc e s c ons i de r i ng hi s a ge a nd c i r c um s t a nc e s . ” A ts e nt e nc i ng, the c our tque s t i one d w he the rthe r e w a s a ny r e a s on i ts houl d noti m pos e as e nt e nc e a tthe l ow e nd of the r a nge . V a ne ga s ha d no obj ec t i on and m er el y a sked the courtfor f orgi veness . T he courtse nt ence d V a ne ga s t o 57 m onths i m pr i s onm e nton e a c h c ountt o run c onc urr e nt l y , a nd 3 ye ar s s up ervi se d rel ea se . V anegas no w appeal s, chal l engi ng hi s s ent ence as un re as on abl e c on si deri ng the 18 U . S . C . § 3 55 3(a) se nt enci ng fa ct ors. H e f urther a s s e r ts th a t h e s h o u ld h a v e r e c e iv e d am in o r - r o le r e d u c tio n o rav a r ia n c e . T y pi c a l l y , w e r e vi e w the s e nt e nc e i m pos e d by the di s tr i c tc our tf or r e a s onabl e ne s s . U ni t e d S t a t e s v. T a l l e y , 431 F . 3d 784, 785 ( 11th C i r . 2005) ( c i t i ng U ni t e d S t a t e s v. B ooke r , 543 U . S . 220, 260, 125 S . C t . 738, 765, 160 L . E d. 2d 621 ( 2005) ) . A l though thi s c our tha s nota ddr e s s e d w he the rpl a i n e rr or r e vi e w i s appr opr i a t e w he r e , a s he r e , ade f e nda ntr a i s e s ar e a s onabl e ne s s a r gum e nt3

f orthe f i r s tt i m e on appe a l , w e ne e d notdo s o i n thi s c a s e , a s the out c om e i s the s a m e u n d e re ith e rs ta n d a r d o f r e v ie w . V a n e g a s b e a r s th e b u r d e n o f s h o w in g h is s e nt e nc e i s unr e a s onabl e . T a l l e y , 431 F . 3d a t788. W e f i rs tconcl ud e thatthere w as no error i n the court ’ s gui del i nes c a l c ul a t i ons . V a ne ga s di d notr e que s ta ny r e duc t i on orde pa r tur e a ts e nt e nc i ng; nor di d he obj e c tt o the gui de l i ne s c a l c ul a t i ons . W e c onc l ude tha tthe f a c t s a nd c i r c um s t a nc e s di d notw a rr a nta ny r e duc t i ons orva r i a nc e s . S e e U ni t e d S t a t e s v. D e V ar on , 17 5 F . 3d 93 0 (11 th C i r. 19 99 ) ( en banc). M oreover, the se nt ence i m po se d w as re as on abl e a nd the courtdi d al l i tw as re qu i re d t o d o aft erB oo ker. Itcorr ec t l y c al cul at ed the gu i del i nes r ange and then consi dere d the ra ng e i n add i t i on t o the § 3 55 3(a) st atut ory f ac t ors t o i m po se a r e a s onabl e s e nt e nc e a tthe l ow e nd of the gui de l i ne s r a nge a nd w e l l be l ow the s ta tu to ry m a x im u m o f

4 0 y e a r s . 2 1 U .S .C . § 8 4 1 ( b ) ( 1 ) ( B ) ; U n ite d S ta te s v . S c o tt, 426 F . 3d 1324, 1329- 1330 ( 11th C i r . 2005) . T he f a c ttha tthe c our tdi d notl i s tthe fact o rs i s i rrel ev an tb ecau se th e reco rd refl ect s th atth e co u rtco n si d ered th o se f a c to r s . U n ite dS ta te s v . D o rm a n , m a n u s c r ip t o p . a t 3 , 1 6 - 1 8 ( N o . 0 4 - 1 4 8 8 6 ) ( 1 1 th C i r. Jun. 8, 20 07 ); U ni t ed S t at es v. H un t , 45 9 F . 3d 11 80 (11th C i r. 20 06 ). V anegas has off er ed no thi ng t o exp l ai n h ow hi s s ent ence i s unrea sonabl e. A cc ordi ng l y, w e A F F I R M .