Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Atilano De Jesus RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-09-26
Citations: 540 F. App'x 662
Docket Number: No. 12-10423
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Atilano De Jesus RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and TIMLIN, Senior District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 540
Pages: 662–663

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Atilano De Jesus RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-10423.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Sept. 10, 2013.
Filed Sept. 26, 2013.
Liza M. Granoff, Esquire, Assistant U.S., USTU-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Roger H. Sigal, Esquire, Law Office of Roger H. Sigal, Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: SCHROEDER and BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and TIMLIN, Senior District Judge.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Robert J. Timlin, Senior United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Atilano de Jesus Rodriguez filed this appeal from the 30-month sentence he received pursuant to his conviction for unlawful reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 in 2011. He seeks to contest the 16-level upward adjustment imposed because of his prior conviction for sexual battery. We conclude he has waived his appeal rights.
Rodriguez's reentry conviction was entered on the basis of his guilty plea that contained multiple ranges of sentences, depending upon the offense level that the presentence report recommended. The plea agreement provided that Rodriguez waived his right to appeal the conviction or any sentence that was consistent with the agreement. When the magistrate judge accepted the plea, the magistrate judge explained that the plea waiver meant Rodriguez agreed not to appeal, so long as the district court imposed a sentence consistent with the level applicable to Rodriguez.
The district court then sentenced Rodriguez to a term that was consistent with the applicable offense level. The appeal waiver applies. Rodriguez cites two recent memorandum dispositions where we viewed an appeal waiver as ambiguous. United States v. Banos-Mejia, 2013 WL 4532212 (9th Cir. Aug.28, 2013); United States v. Aguilar-Balbuena, 475 Fed.Appx. 222 (9th Cir.2012). In each of those cases, however, there was no clarifying colloquy. Here, the magistrate judge explained the waiver and expressly asked Rodriguez whether he understood he was waiving his right to appeal. There was a valid waiver.
The appeal is DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.