Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cosme MALDONADO-CERNA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-03
Citations: 163 F. App'x 429
Docket Number: No. 04-2652
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cosme MALDONADO-CERNA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Hon. WILLIAM J. BAUER, Hon. JOHN L. COFFEY, and Hon. DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 163
Pages: 429–429

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cosme MALDONADO-CERNA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-2652.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Feb. 3, 2006.
Patrick F. McGovern, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Richard H. Parsons, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, Retha Stotts, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before Hon. WILLIAM J. BAUER, Hon. JOHN L. COFFEY, and Hon. DANIEL A. MANION, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Cosme Maldonado-Cerna was sentenced to 77 months in prison for illegal reentry of the United States as an aggravated felon, see 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2). He appealed, arguing that the district court plainly erred by sentencing him under the formerly mandatory regime. See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005); United States v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471, 481 (7th Cir.2005). We remanded to ask whether the judge would have imposed a lesser sentence had he known that the guidelines were advisory, see Paladino, 401 F.3d at 483-84. He answered that he would. Consequently, we VACATE MaldonadoCerna's sentence and REMAND for resentencing.