Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Omar MENERA-ARZATA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-23
Citations: 668 F. App'x 315
Docket Number: No. 15-50283
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Omar MENERA-ARZATA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAYY, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 668
Pages: 315–316

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Omar MENERA-ARZATA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50283
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted August 16, 2016
Filed August 23, 2016
Jarad E. Hodes, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Helen H. Hong, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA.
David R. Silldorf, Silldorf & Levine, LLP, San Diego, CA.
Before: O’SCANNLAIN, LEAYY, and CLIFTON, 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
Omar Menera-Arzata appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 36-month custodial sentence and 3-year term of supervised release imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a removed alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Menera-Arzata contends that the district court procedurally erred by (1) factoring irrelevant asylum issues into its sentencing analysis and (2) relying on clearly erroneous facts, namely that Menera-Ar-zata's alcoholism continued to present a threat to the public. We review for plain error, see United States v. Valencia-Barragan, 608 F.3d 1103, 1108 (9th Cir. 2010), and find none. The record reflects that the district court considered only appropriate sentencing factors and did not rely on any clearly erroneous facts. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 993 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc),
Menera-Arzata next contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. The above-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 8558(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Menera-Arzata's criminal and immigration history. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). Moreover, the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing the term of supervised release as an added measure of deterrence. See U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1 cmt. n. 5; United States v. Valdavinos-Torres, 704 F.3d 679, 692-93 (9th Cir. 2012).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.