Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guillermo GARCIA-OCAMPO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-12-13
Citations: 491 F. App'x 861
Docket Number: No. 11-50509
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guillermo GARCIA-OCAMPO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: BERZON, CLIFTON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 491
Pages: 861–861

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guillermo GARCIA-OCAMPO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-50509.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 3, 2012.
Filed Dec. 13, 2012.
Charlotte E. Kaiser, Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Harini P. Raghupathi, Esquire, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: BERZON, CLIFTON, and IKUTA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Guillermo Garcia-Ocampo pleaded guilty to a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 and now appeals the district court's sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.
The district court did not rely on an impermissible factor in sentencing Garcia. Taken in context, the district court's references to the costs of prosecution and incarceration related to its consideration of deterring any future crimes. These references are not inconsistent with United States v. Tapia-Romero, which precludes district courts from considering the costs of incarceration as weighing in favor of shortening a sentence, see 523 F.3d 1125, 1126 (9th Cir.2008), not from considering the costs associated with recidivism. The district court's references to cost as both "minor" and "salient" were not inherently contradictory or confusing in context, and did not impede appellate review.
The district court also adequately acknowledged Garcia's arguments regarding mitigating circumstances. These arguments simply failed to alleviate the court's legitimate concern with Garcia's recidivism. See United States v. Carty. See 520 F.3d 984, 992-93 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc).
The district court's decision to impose supervised release was procedurally and substantively reasonable. It was supported by the court's stated aim of deterring Garcia from future misconduct, by Garcia's history of illegal reentry convictions, and by the fact that Garcia had violated supervised release connected to a previous conviction. See U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1 cmt. n. 5. Therefore, any error in failing to reference § 5D 1.1(c) was harmless.
Finally, the district court did not abuse its discretion by focusing on deterrence, which is a permissible factor under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(2)(B). A district court need not expressly mention the rest of the § 3553(a) factors if they are not relevant to a particular defendant. See Carty, 520 F.3d at 992.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.