Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Efren MEDRANO-MACIAS, a.k.a. Jorge Pedro Amador, a.k.a. Daniel Sanchez-Carcamo, a.k.a. Andre C. Thibodeaux, a.k.a. Jorge Valladares, a.k.a. Jorge Velasquez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-24
Citations: 543 F. App'x 709
Docket Number: No. 12-10661
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Efren MEDRANO-MACIAS, a.k.a. Jorge Pedro Amador, a.k.a. Daniel Sanchez-Carcamo, a.k.a. Andre C. Thibodeaux, a.k.a. Jorge Valladares, a.k.a. Jorge Velasquez, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: FISHER, GOULD, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 543
Pages: 709–710

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Efren MEDRANO-MACIAS, a.k.a. Jorge Pedro Amador, a.k.a. Daniel Sanchez-Carcamo, a.k.a. Andre C. Thibodeaux, a.k.a. Jorge Valladares, a.k.a. Jorge Velasquez, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-10661.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 15, 2013.
Filed Oct. 24, 2013.
Maria Rodriguez Gutierrez, USYU-Of-fiee of the U.S. Attorney, Yuma, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Michael J. Bresnehan, Esquire, Michael J. Bresnehan PC, Tempe, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: FISHER, GOULD, and BYBEE, 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
Efren Medrano-Maeias appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 15-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Medrano-Maeias contends that the district court improperly aggregated two pri- or sentences when determining a baseline for the length of his current sentence. The record reflects that although the sentences arose from separate proceedings, they related to the same conduct and were imposed in close temporal proximity to each other. The district court did not err by concluding that a sentence greater than the combination of these two prior sentences was necessary to provide adequate deterrence.
Medrano-Maeias also contends that the district court placed undue weight on the Guidelines and imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Medrano-Macias's sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The low-end Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Medrano-Maci-as's repeated unlawful entries, lengthy criminal history, and willingness to reof-fend despite his six prior removals and two prior custodial sentences for immigration offenses. See id.; see also United States v. Gutierrez-Sanchez, 587 F.3d 904, 908 (9th Cir.2009) ("The weight to be given the various factors in a particular case is for the discretion of the district court.").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.