Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Josue HERNANDEZ-CHAPARRO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-20
Citations: 408 F. App'x 849
Docket Number: No. 10-50415
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Josue HERNANDEZ-CHAPARRO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 408
Pages: 849–850

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Josue HERNANDEZ-CHAPARRO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-50415
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 20, 2011.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Philip J. Lynch, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Henry Joseph Bemporad, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for DefendanL-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Josué Hernandez-Chaparro appeals his sentence following his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry into the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Hernandez-Chaparro was sentenced within his advisory guidelines range to 57 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. He contends that his sentence is not entitled to a presumption of reasonableness because U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, the guideline applicable to violations of § 1326, is not empirically based and double counts a defendant's criminal history. As acknowledged by HernandezChaparro, this argument is foreclosed. See United States v. Duarte, 569 F.3d 528, 529-31 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 378, 175 L.Ed.2d 231 (2009).
Hernandez-Chaparro also contends that his sentence should be vacated as substantively unreasonable because it was based in part on § 2L1.2 and was greater than necessary to meet the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Regarding § 3553(a), Hernandez-Chaparro contends that his sentence overstated the seriousness of his illegal reentry offense and failed to properly reflect his personal history and characteristics. The substantive reasonableness of Hernandez-Chaparro's sentence is reviewed for plain error because he did not object on that ground in the district court. See United States v. Ruiz, 621 F.3d 390, 398 (5th Cir.2010) (citing United States v. Peltier, 505 F.3d 389, 391-92 (5th Cir.2007)). Hernandez-Chaparro's appellate arguments fail to establish any error in his sentence, plain or otherwise. See Duarte, 569 F.3d at 529-31; United States v. Gomez-Herrera, 523 F.3d 554, 565-66 (5th Cir.2008); United States v. Alonzo, 435 F.3d 551, 554 (5th Cir.2006).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cut. 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.