Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eber ALTUBE-FUENTES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-01-23
Citations: 262 F. App'x 996
Docket Number: No. 07-13336
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eber ALTUBE-FUENTES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT, BLACK and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 262
Pages: 996–997

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eber ALTUBE-FUENTES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-13336
Non-Argument Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 23, 2008.
Beatriz Galbe Bronis, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Kathleen M. Williams, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
David White, Anne R. Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Before TJOFLAT, BLACK and PRYOR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Eber Altube-Fuentes appeals his sentence of 71 months of imprisonment following a plea of guilty to illegal reentry following a felony conviction. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2). Altube-Fuentes argues that his sentence, which is within the guideline range of 57 to 71 months, is unreasonable because it is more severe than necessary to fulfill the statutory goals of the Sentencing Reform Act. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). He argues that the district court failed to consider adequately his mitigating factors and relied too heavily on the single factor of his repeated illegal entry into the United States. We disagree and affirm.
We review a sentence for reasonableness, United States v. Talley, 431 F.3d 784, 785 (11th Cir.2005), which is "a deferential abuse-ol-discretion standard," Gall v. United States, — U.S.-, —, 128 S.Ct. 586, 598, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). We "must first ensure that the district court committed no significant procedural error, such as failing to calculate (or improperly calculating) the Guidelines range, treating the Guidelines as mandatory, failing to consider the § 3553(a) factors, selecting a sentence based on clearly erroneous facts, or failing to adequately explain the chosen sentence." Gall, 128 S.Ct. at 597. We then "consider the substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed under an abuse-of-discretion standard." Id. "[W]hen the district court imposes a sentence within the advisory Guidelines range, we ordinarily will expect that choice to be a reasonable one." Talley, 431 F.3d at 788.
The district court did not abuse its discretion. The district court sentenced Al-tube-Fuentes after careful consideration of Altube-Fuentes's arguments in favor of mitigation, the advisory sentencing Guidelines, and the sentencing factors of section 3553(a). The district court stated that Altube-Fuentes's criminal history and repeated reentry after deportation established that "Mr. Altube, for whatever reason, doesn't seem to get the message that he is not authorized to be in the country." We have consistently concluded that recidivism is not only a proper reason to increase a sentence, but the most ubiquitous reason. See United States v. Burge, 407 F.3d 1183, 1188 (11th Cir.2005). Al-tube-Fuentes's sentence within the advisory guidelines range was reasonable.
Altube-Fuentes's sentence is AFFIRMED.