Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose CORTES-PACHECO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-14
Citations: 336 F. App'x 932
Docket Number: No. 09-10757
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose CORTES-PACHECO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BLACK, BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 336
Pages: 932–933

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose CORTES-PACHECO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-10757
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
July 14, 2009.
Maria Guzman, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Yvette Rhodes, David Paul Rhodes, United States Attorney’s Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Before BLACK, BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Cortes-Pacheco appeals his sentence to 20 months of imprisonment following his plea of guilty to reentering the United States illegally after three previous deportations. Cortes-Pacheco argues that his sentence is unreasonable. We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing a sentence above the guideline range. The district court correctly calculated the advisory guideline range of zero to six months of imprisonment and found that a sentence within that range would be "ineffective" based on Cortes-Pacheco's "repeated and apparently inexcusable repetitive reentries into this country[.]" The district court considered the sentencing factors and found that a variance above the guideline range was necessary to address Cortes-Pacheco's recidivism and deter him and "those similarly situated that this sort of repetitious and reckless behavior and defiance of established law [was] unacceptable." The statutory maximum sentence of imprisonment for illegal reentry is two years. 8 U.S.C. § 1826(a). Cortes-Pacheco's sentence of 20 months of imprisonment is reasonable.
Cortes-Pacheco's sentence is AFFIRMED.