Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-08-30
Citations: 439 F. App'x 820
Docket Number: No. 11-10246
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 439
Pages: 820–822

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro ORTIZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-10246
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Aug. 30, 2011.
Wifredo A. Ferrer, U.S. Attorney, Anne R. Schultz, Suzan H. Ponzoli, Kathleen M. Salyer, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, Jennifer C. Millien, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fort Pierce, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Bernardo Lopez, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Kathleen M. Williams, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before CARNES, MARTIN and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Alejandro Ortiz appeals his 96-month sentence after pleading guilty to one count of receiving child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). That sentence was the product of a downward variance from the applicable guidelines range of 151 to 188 months imprisonment. On appeal, Ortiz argues that he should have been sentenced instead to the statutory minimum sentence of 60 months imprisonment. Ortiz argues that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because, in calculating his advisory guidelines range pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2G2.2, the district court applied a Sentencing Guideline that (i) was not supported by empirical data and (ii) produced a guidelines range that violated the purposes of sentencing in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a).
We generally review the reasonableness of a district court's sentence under a deferential abuse of discretion standard of review. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41, 128 S.Ct. 586, 591, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). "A district court abuses its discretion when it (1) fails to afford consideration to relevant factors that were due significant weight, (2) gives significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, or (3) commits a clear error of judgment in considering the proper factors." United States v. Irey, 612 F.3d 1160, 1189 (11th Cir.2010) (en banc) (quotation marks omitted).
We examine whether a sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the totality of the circumstances and the § 3553(a) factors. Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. at 597. And we will vacate a defendant's sentence "if, but only if, we are left with the definite and firm conviction that the district court committed a clear error of judgment in weighing the § 3553(a) factors by arriving at a sentence that lies outside the range of reasonable sentences dictated by the facts of the case." Irey, 612 F.3d at 1190.
Ortiz's argument that his 96-month sentence is substantively unreasonable lacks merit. The court considered the arguments of each party at the sentence hearing, weighed the § 3553(a) factors, and determined that a downward variance of 96 months was appropriate. That sentence, moreover, was well below Ortiz's advisory guidelines range of 151 to 188 months. Based on the record before us, we cannot discern an abuse of discretion in the district court's determination.
AFFIRMED.