Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Adan LOPEZ-LARA, also known as Angel Lewis Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-10-27
Citations: 447 F. App'x 582
Docket Number: No. 11-50242
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Adan LOPEZ-LARA, also known as Angel Lewis Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, SMITH and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 447
Pages: 582–583

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Adan LOPEZ-LARA, also known as Angel Lewis Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-50242
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 27, 2011.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Donna F. Coltharp, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Henry Joseph Bemporad, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before REAVLEY, SMITH and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Adan Lopez-Lara appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry after removal. He argues that his 46-month sentence was greater than necessary to satisfy the sentencing goals of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Lopez-Lara argues that a presumption of reasonableness should not apply to his within guidelines sentence because it was not based on "empirical data" and it "double counts" his criminal history. He also asserts that a 16-level enhancement was excessive, that a single prior conviction resulted in the enhancement and all of his criminal history points, that the sentence failed to account for his motives for returning to the United States, and that the sentence failed to account for his low risk of recidivism based on his age.
Lopez-Lara's empirical data argument is foreclosed by this court's precedent. See United States v. Duarte, 569 F.3d 528, 529-31 (5th Cir.2009); see also United States v. Mondragon-Santiago, 564 F.3d 357, 366-67 (5th Cir.2009). We have previously rejected the argument that the double counting of a defendant's criminal history necessarily renders a sentence unreasonable. See Duarte, 569 F.3d at 529-31; see also U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, comment. (n.6). Lopez-Lara's remaining arguments, which amount to a disagreement with the district court's weighing of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and the appropriateness of his within-guidelines sentence, do not suffice to show error in connection with his sentence. See United States v. Gomez-Herrera, 523 F.3d 554, 565-66 (5th Cir.2008).
Lopez-Lara has not shown that his sentence was unreasonable, and he has not rebutted the presumption of reasonableness that attaches to his within-guidelines sentence. See United States v. Alonzo, 435 F.3d 551, 554-55 (5th Cir.2006). Lopez-Lara has not shown that the district court abused its discretion under Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 49-50, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007), and thus he has shown no error, plain or otherwise. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4.