Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ruben CASTANEDA-VELEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-09-25
Citations: 294 F. App'x 109
Docket Number: No. 08-40095
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ruben CASTANEDA-VELEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 294
Pages: 109–110

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ruben CASTANEDA-VELEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-40095
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 25, 2008.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Ruben Castaneda-Velez (Castaneda) pleaded guilty to attempting to reenter the United States without having obtained consent to reapply for admission. Castaneda's guidelines sentencing range was enhanced by 16 levels pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 because he had previously been deported following a conviction for a crime of violence. The district court sentenced him to 77 months of imprisonment and a three-year term of supervised release.
Castaneda contends that his sentence is procedurally unreasonable because the district court did not give a sufficient explanation for the sentence. Because Castaneda did not object to the explanation at sentencing, we review this contention for plain error. See United States v. Lopez-Velasquez, 526 F.3d 804, 806 (5th Cir. 2008), petition for cert, filed (July 25, 2008)(No. 08-5514).
The district court's adoption of the pre-sentence report (PSR) and consideration of Castaneda's objections to the PSR, arguments for a below-guidelines sentence, and the § 3553(a) factors in determining Castaneda's within-guidelines sentence constituted sufficient reasons for imposing the sentence. See Rita v. United States, — U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 2468-69, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007); United States v. Hernandez, 457 F.3d 416, 424 (5th Cir.2006). There was no clear or obvious error that affected Castaneda's substantial rights or rendered the sentence proeedurally unreasonable. See Rita, 127 S.Ct. at 2468-69.
Castaneda also argues that although his was a within-guidelines sentence, it should not be presumed reasonable because U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 is flawed under Kim-brough v. United States, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 558, 574, 169 L.Ed.2d 481 (2007), wherein the Supreme Court recognized that certain Guidelines do not take account of empirical data and national experience. This argument is also reviewed for plain error. See United States v.Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 272 (5th Cir.2005).
Although Kimbrough made clear that a district court may, in certain cases, conclude that the Guidelines fail properly to reflect § 3553(a)'s considerations and may disagree with guidelines policy, it does not follow that a district court abuses its discretion when it concludes, as the district court did here, that the Guidelines are appropriate. This court recently rejected a similar argument in United States v. Campos-Maldonado, 531 F.3d 337, 339 (5th Cir.2008), petition for ceri. filed (Aug. 20, 2008) (No. 08-5988).
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.