Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergio REYNOSA-ATISUEGO, a/k/a Sergio Reynosa-Ariseaga, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-04-27
Citations: 375 F. App'x 343
Docket Number: No. 09-4971
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Sergio REYNOSA-ATISUEGO, a/k/a Sergio Reynosa-Ariseaga, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 375
Pages: 343–344

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Sergio REYNOSA-ATISUEGO, a/k/a Sergio Reynosa-Ariseaga, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 09-4971.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: April 7, 2010.
Decided: April 27, 2010.
Thomas P. McNamara, Federal Public Defender, Stephen C. Gordon, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. George E.B. Holding, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorneys, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Sergio Reynosa-Atisuego pled guilty without a plea agreement to unlawful reentry by a previously deported felon, 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2) (2006), and was sentenced to forty-six months in prison. He now appeals his sentence. We affirm.
Reynosa-Atisuego contends that his sentence is unreasonable. We review a sentence for reasonableness, applying an abuse-of-discretion standard. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). In conducting our review, we first examine the sentence for "significant procedural error," including "failing to calculate (or improperly calculating) the Guidelines range, treating the Guidelines as mandatory, failing to consider the [18 U.S.C.] § 3553(a) [2006] factors, selecting a sentence based on clearly erroneous facts, or failing to adequately substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed, [taking] into account the totality of the circumstances." Id. In imposing sentence, the district court must provide an "individualized assessment" based upon the specific facts before it. United States v. Carter, 564 F.3d 325, 328 (4th Cir.2009).
Here, the district court followed the necessary procedural steps in sentencing Rey-nosa-Atisuego, correctly calculating the advisory Guidelines range, performing an individualized assessment of the § 3553(a) factors as they applied to the facts of the case, and stating in open court the reasons for the sentence.
We presume that the sentence, which falls within the advisory Guidelines range, is reasonable. See United States v. Pauley, 511 F.3d 468, 473 (4th Cir.2007). We note that the district court expressed its reasons for denying Reynosa-Atisuego's motion for a sentence below the advisory Guidelines range. The court stated that the nature of the offense, the need to deter such conduct, and the need to promote respect for the law warranted a sentence at the low end of, rather than below, that range. We conclude that the sentence is proeedurally and substantively reasonable and that the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing a forty-six-month sentence.
We accordingly affirm. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.