Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin MENDOZA-PLASCENCIA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-02-24
Citations: 88 F. App'x 226
Docket Number: No. 03-30308; D.C. No. CR-03-00009-JWS
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin MENDOZA-PLASCENCIA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 88
Pages: 226–226

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin MENDOZA-PLASCENCIA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-30308.
D.C. No. CR-03-00009-JWS.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 17, 2004.
Decided Feb. 24, 2004.
Jo Ann Farrington, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Mary C. Geddes, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Anchorage, AK, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before FERNANDEZ, W. FLETCHER and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Martin Mendoza-Plascencia appeals the 37-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for unlawful reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). We dismiss this appeal.
Mendoza-Plascencia challenges the district court's decision denying his requests for a downward departure based on his claims that his criminal history was overrepresented, and that his alleged minimal role in his prior drug trafficking conviction took his case outside the "heartland."
Because the district court specifically declined to exercise its discretion to depart on both issues, we lack jurisdiction to address Mendoza-Plascencia's contentions. See United States v. Ruiz, 536 U.S. 622, 627-28, 122 S.Ct. 2450, 153 L.Ed.2d 586 (2002); United States v. Garcia-Garcia, 927 F.2d 489, 490 (9th Cir.1991) (per curiam).
DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.