Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose SANCHEZ, also known as Jose Juan Sanchez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-06
Citations: 571 F. App'x 268
Docket Number: No. 13-50766
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose SANCHEZ, also known as Jose Juan Sanchez, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 571
Pages: 268–268

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose SANCHEZ, also known as Jose Juan Sanchez, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-50766
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 6, 2014.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Donna F. Coltharp, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Maureen Scott Franco, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Sanchez pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him •with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The district court sentenced Sanchez to a within-guidelines sentence of 240 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release. Sanchez argues that the sentence is greater than necessary to achieve the sentencing goals set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).
Sanchez does not dispute that the sentence was imposed within a properly calculated guidelines range. Thus, a presumption of reasonableness applies to this guidelines sentence. See United States v. Alonzo, 435 F.3d 551, 554 (5th Cir.2006). The substantive reasonableness of a sentence is reviewed under an abuse of discretion standard. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).
Citing Kimbrough v. United States, 552 U.S. 85, 109-10, 128 S.Ct. 558, 169 L.Ed.2d 481 (2007), Sanchez contends his sentence is substantively unreasonable because the methamphetamine Guidelines lack an empirical basis. Whatever discretion Kim-brough gives district courts to deviate from the Guidelines, it does not require either district or appellate courts to conduct "a piece-by-piece analysis of the empirical grounding behind each part of the sentencing guidelines." United States v. Duarte, 569 F.3d 528, 530 (5th Cir.2009).
Sanchez also contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because it places too much weight on factors such as his role in the offense and possession of a firearm, rather than his personal circumstances. When as here, a district court imposes a sentence within a properly calculated guidelines sentencing range, the sentence is entitled to a presumption of reasonableness. See Alonzo, 435 F.3d at 554. Sanchez has not shown the district court failed to give proper weight to any § 3553(a) factor. See United States v. Cooks, 589 F.3d 173, 186 (5th Cir.2009).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.