Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-24
Citations: 674 F. App'x 761
Docket Number: No. 15-50550
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: ' Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 674
Pages: 761–762

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-50550
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted January 18, 2017
Filed January 24, 2017
Jean-Claude Andre, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Robyn Kali Bacon, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Lindsey Greer Dotson, Ann C. Kim, Assistant U.S. Attorney, DOJ—Of-fice of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Michael Raymond Belter, Esquire, Attorney, Law Office of Michael R. Belter, Pasadena, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
' Before: TROTT, TASHIMA, and CALLAHAN, 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
Antonio Sanchez appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 180-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846; distribution and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, aiding and abetting, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(A)(viii), and 18 U.S.C. § 2(a); and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)®. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Sanchez contends that the district court erred by failing to consider evidence of derivative entrapment and its resulting sentencing entrapment as a mitigating factor to forego imposition of the five-year-sentence for his section 924(c) conviction. We disagree. Sanchez's guilty plea waived any entrapment defense to his conviction. See United States v. Lopez-Armenta, 400 F.3d 1173, 1175 (9th Cir. 2005). Further, having suffered that conviction, Sanchez was subject to its mandatory five-year consecutive sentence, and the district court had no authority to depart below it. See 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)®; United States v. Wipf, 620 F.3d 1168, 1170-71 (9th Cir. 2010) (substantial assistance and safety valve are the only grounds for imposing a sentence below a mandatory minimum).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.