Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sinforiano GANDARILLA-OLEA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-03-03
Citations: 172 F. App'x 120
Docket Number: No. 04-1981
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sinforiano GANDARILLA-OLEA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Hon. WILLIAM J. BAUER, Hon. RICHARD A. POSNER, and Hon. ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 172
Pages: 120–122

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sinforiano GANDARILLA-OLEA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-1981.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
March 3, 2006.
James M. Cutchin, Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Sinforiano Gandarilla-Olea, Fort Dix, NJ, pro se.
Melissa A. Day, Benton, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before Hon. WILLIAM J. BAUER, Hon. RICHARD A. POSNER, and Hon. ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Sinforiano Gandarilla-Olea challenged his 77-month sentence for illegal reentry after being deported for an aggravated felony. Based on the parties joint motion, we ordered a limited remand under the terms set forth in United States v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471, 483-84 (7th Cir.2005), for a determination whether the district court would have imposed the same sentence had it understood that the guidelines were advisory. See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
The district court has now replied that it would today impose the same sentence, knowing of the Guidelines' advisory status. The parties were offered the opportunity to respond before we finally resolved the appeal, and only the appellant has responded.
As Gandarilla-Olea acknowledges, his sentence is within the properly calculated range. The sentence, therefore, is entitled to a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness. United States v. Mykytiuk, 415 F.3d 606, 608 (7th Cir.2005). Gandarilla-Olea contends that his sentence is unreasonable when measured against the sentencing factors identified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). In particular, he claims that the district court placed too much emphasis on the nature and circumstances of his offense and adequate deterrence to further criminal conduct, diminishing the importance of the other factors set forth in § 3553(a). He further argues that the district court gave too much weight to the guidelines because it focused on whether a departure from the guidelines was warranted.
The district court, however, specifically acknowledged the advisory nature of the guidelines and explained that it had considered the factors identified in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). It is enough that the record confirms meaningful consideration of the types of factors that § 3553(a) identifies. United States v. Williams, 425 F.3d 478, 480 (7th Cir.2005). Here, the district court explained that he considered Gandarilla-Olea's arguments relating to his family, the nature of his crime, and his cultural assimilation and cultural ties to the United States. The court then concluded that the original sentence was ap propriate "in light of the factors in § 3553(a), considering the nature and circumstances of the offense by returning to the United States violating an order of deportation, his extensive criminal history, and the need to afford adequate deterrence to further criminal conduct by returning again to the United States after his likely deportation."
Because the district court would have imposed the same sentence post-Booker and because that sentence is reasonable, we conclude that Gandarilla-Olea's sentence was not the result of plain error. We therefore AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.