Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emanuel MEJIA, a.k.a. Isidro Castillo, a.k.a. Isidro Castillo-Maldonado, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-22
Citations: 516 F. App'x 652
Docket Number: No. 12-10485
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emanuel MEJIA, a.k.a. Isidro Castillo, a.k.a. Isidro Castillo-Maldonado, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 516
Pages: 652–653

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Emanuel MEJIA, a.k.a. Isidro Castillo, a.k.a. Isidro Castillo-Maldonado, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-10485.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 16, 2013.
Filed April 22, 2013.
Phillip Nelson Smith, Jr., Robert Lawrence Ellman, Esquire, Peter Stuart Levitt, Esquire, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Alina Maria Shell, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Emanuel Mejia appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 30-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A) and 924(a)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Mejia contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable in light of his low risk of recidivism, his history and characteristics, and because he only had constructive possession of the firearms. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Mejia's sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The sentence at the bottom of the advisory Guidelines range is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including the fact that Mejia's residence contained not only guns, but also heroin and drug packaging materials. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a); Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.