Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario Hector CONTRERAS-HERNANDEZ, a/k/a Jesus Gomez-Hernandez, a/k/a Jesus Navarrete-Pano, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-01-29
Citations: 552 F. App'x 850
Docket Number: No. 13-1385
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario Hector CONTRERAS-HERNANDEZ, a/k/a Jesus Gomez-Hernandez, a/k/a Jesus Navarrete-Pano, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HARTZ, GORSUCH, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 552
Pages: 850–851

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario Hector CONTRERAS-HERNANDEZ, a/k/a Jesus Gomez-Hernandez, a/k/a Jesus Navarrete-Pano, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-1385.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Jan. 29, 2014.
Paul Farley, Office of the United States Attorney, Denver, CO, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee.
Madeline S. Cohen, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HARTZ, GORSUCH, and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
NEIL M. GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.
After Mario Hector Contreras-Hernandez pleaded guilty to reentering this country illegally after a prior deportation, the district court sentenced him to 24 months in prison. To be sure, the government recommended an 18-month sentence. But both of these periods fell within the range suggested by the advisory guidelines and, in considering the various sentencing factors prescribed by 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), the district court judged a 24-month sentence more appropriate. It did so emphasizing, among other things, Mr. Contreras-Hernandez's record of recidivism — noting that Mr. Contreras-Hernandez had already been removed for illegally entering this country five times. Before us, Mr. Contreras-Hernandez does not challenge the procedures used by the district court to arrive at its sentence, arguing only that the sentence itself is substantively unreasonable. But a district court's substantive judgment at sentencing is reviewed on appeal only under a highly deferential abuse of discretion standard — a standard this court deems presumptively satisfied where, as here, the district court's sentence falls within the correctly calculated guideline range. See, e.g., United States v. Haley, 529 F.3d 1308, 1311 (10th Cir.2008). After carefully reviewing Mr. Contreras-Hernandez's submission, we cannot con-elude he has borne his burden of overcoming that presumption.
Affirmed.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously to grant the parties' request for a decision on the briefs without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(f) and 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.