Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinionshould not * be publishe d and is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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rom t h e U n i t ed S t ates D i st ri ctC ou rt f or th e S ou t h ernD i st ri ctof T exas U SD C N o. 2: 09- C R

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B ef ore G A R Z A , C L E M E N T , an d O W E N , C i rcui tJu dg es. P E R C U R IA M: * Car l o s Cabr e r a- Rui z a ppe al s t he 1 08- m o nt h s e nt e nc e i m po s e d f o l l o w i ng hi s pl e a o f

g ui l t y t o c o ns pir ac y t o t r ans po r ta l i e ns , r e s ul t i ng i n t w o de at hs

. The di st ri ctcourtdevi ated up w ard f rom the gu i del i n es ran ge of 7 8 to 97 m on t h s af

t er concl u di n g t h at th e rang e di d n otadeq u ately accoun t f or r epea t ed i n st an ces of reckl ess en da n germ en t , t h e nu m ber of deaths, an d the i nj u ri es t o severalal i en s. T h e courtal so c on cl u ded t h at th e rang e w as i n suff i ci en tt o sat i sf

y th e goal s of ad equ ate pun i shm en t , deter rence, an d p rot ect i on of t h e pu bl i c.

United States Court of App eals

Fifth Circuit 

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. S. C. § 3 55 3( a) , ut i l i zi n g an ab us e o f di s c r e t i o n s t and ar d thata f f o r ds de fe r e nc e t o t he di s t r i c tc o ur t ’ s s upe r i o rpo s i t i o n t o m ak e s e nt e nc i ng d e te r m in a tio n s . G allv. Un ite dS t ate s , 552 U

. S. 38, 50

) 51 ( 2007)

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w as e vi de nc e t hatCabr e r a- Rui z g ui de d nu m e r o us a l i e ns t hr o ughda nge r o us t errai n an d bru sh over a tw o- da y peri od, w i t h som e rep ort i n g i n suff i ci en tf ood
an d w ateran d threats of ph ysi ca l v i ol en ce f rom C abrera- R u i z; t h at upon
r e a c h in gare n d e z v o u s p o in t, s o m e 1 8 a lie n s w e r e in s tr u c te dto g e t in to as in g le pi c kup t r uc k, w i t h s o m e i n t he c ab , s o m e l yi ng i n t he t r uc k b e d, a nd t w o ha vi ng to rid e inth e tr u c k ’ s to o lb o x ; th a t th e d r iv e rle ft t h e ro a da t h ig h s p e e dto a v o id be i ng s t o ppe d f

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f i c vi o l at i o n; t hata n a c c i de nte ns ue d, kil l i ng t w o o f t he al i en s and causi n g i nj u ri es, som e severe, t o ot h ers; an d that C abrera- R u i z f l ed
w i t h ou tassi stin ga n yof t h ose i n t h e t ruck. Th ese fact s s u pp ortt h e di st ri ct court’ s ana l ysi s un der t h e § 3553 ( a) fact ors. C a b r e r a -R u iz co n te n d s th a t t h e co u r t fa ile d s u ffic ie n tlyto a c c o u n t fo rh is l ack of cr i m i n alhi st ory an d i m properl y h el d h i m res pon sibl e f or th e act i on s of t he dr ive r , ov e rw ho m he had no co nt r o l

. N e ve r t he l e s s , w e ca nno tsa y t hatt he di st r i c tc our tunre as onably c onc l uded t hatC abr er a- R ui z bor e s ubst ant i al
r e s p o n s ib ilityg iv e n h i s co n d u c t a n dro le , n o rd idth e co u r t u n r e a s o n a b ly
c o nc l ude t hatt he g ui de l i ne s r ang e di d no ts uf f i c i e nt l y ac c o untf

o rt he v ar i o us i ns t anc e s o f r e c kl e s s e nda nge r m e nt o ve r t he c o ur s e o f t he t w o - da y j o ur ne y, t he t w o de at hs , a nd the num e r o us inj ur i e s . W e f i nd n o a bus e o f

di s c r e t i o n i n t he
c our t ’ s det er m i nat i on t hata se nt enc e of 108 m ont hs, w hi c h i s 11 m ont hs ab ove th e top of th e g u id e li n e s ra n g e , w a s n e ce ss a ry to sa tisfyth e g o a ls o f § 3 5 5 3 (a). AF F I RMED. Case: 09-40651 Document: 00511129264 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/02/2010