### IN THE UNI TED STAT ES COURT OFAPPEALS FOR THE FIF TH CIRCU IT

No. 11-50179 Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee

v. FRANSISCO JAVIER LIRA-TREJO, Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 2:09-CR-1590-1

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Fransisco Javier Lira-Trejo appe a l s the sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction f o r i llegal reentry into the United States. He was sentenced to 46 months in pr ison, within the applicable guidelines range of 46 to 57 months. Lira-Trejo contends that U.S.S.G. § 2 L1.2 is not empirically based and results in excessive sentences; that the age of the burglary c o nviction used to enhance his sentence re n d ers his sentence unreasonable; that his sentencing U n i te d S ta te s C o u rt o f A p p ea l s

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range overstates the seriousness of his illegal reentry offense, which he asserts is simply an international trespass; and that the district court did not take into account hi s hi s t o ry a n d ch ar ac t eristics. We review sentences for reasonableness, employing a defe r e n t i al abuse-of-discretion standard, and we presume that a sentence within a properly calculated guidelines range is reasonable. See Gall v. United States , 552 U.S. 38, 49-50 (2007). The lack of empirical basis for § 2L1.2 does not n e c e s s arily render a within-guidelines sentence unreasonable. See United States v. Duarte , 569 F.3d 528, 530 (5th Cir. 2009). In a series of unpublished opinions, we have rejected the argument that the staleness of a defendant’s prior conv i ction renders his within-range sentence unreasonable. See United States v. Gonzalez-Valencia , 401 F. App’x 888, 888-89 (5th Cir. 2010); United States v. Ortiz-Arriaga, 355 F. App’x 849, 849- 5 0 ( 5 th Cir. 2009), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 2133 (2010); United States v. Gonzales-Torres, 288 F. App’x 927, 928-29 (5th Cir. 200 8). We likewise reject Lira-Trejo’s contention that unlawful reentry–a federal felony carrying significant criminal penalties–is merely an i nternational trespass. See United States v. Aguirre-Villa , 460 F.3d 681, 683 (5th Cir. 2006). Nor do we discern any improper weighing of the other factors cited by Lira-Trejo, including his personal history and characteristics. See United States v. Campos-Maldonado , 531 F.3d 337, 338 (5th Cir. 2008). In short, t h e d istrict court c onsidered Lira-Trejo’s arguments and the facts of the case before concluding that a within-guidelines sent e nc e w a s ap p ro p ri at e . Lira-Trejo’s mere disagreement with the court’s assessment of those factors is insufficient to rebut the presumption that the se n t e n ce is reasonable. See United States v. Gomez-Herrera , 523 F.3d 554, 565-66 (5th Cir. 2 008). AFFIRMED.

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