Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roshaun Nakia PORTER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-02
Citations: 656 F. App'x 345
Docket Number: No. 15-50084
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roshaun Nakia PORTER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 656
Pages: 345–345

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roshaun Nakia PORTER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50084
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 26, 2016
FILED August 02, 2016
Jean-Claude Andre, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, Sandy N. Leal, United States Attorney’s Office, Santa Ana, CA, Daniel Herman Weiss, Esquire, Trial Attorney, DOJ—U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Richard A. Levy, Esquire, Torrance, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Roshaun Nakia Porter, Long Beach, CA, Pro Se.
Before: SCHROEDER, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Roshaun Nakia Porter appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 240-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1594(c). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Porter contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district court failed to grant a downward departure under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3(b), which authorizes the district court to depart when the defendant's criminal history category overstates the seriousness of his criminal history. Our review of a district court's decision whether to depart under section 4A1.3 is limited to determining whether the court imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Ellis, 641 F.3d 411, 421-22 (9th Cir. 2011). The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Porter's sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The within-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Porter's criminal history and the violent nature of the offense. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.