Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Armando GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-09-20
Citations: 479 F. App'x 793
Docket Number: No. 10-10373
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Armando GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 479
Pages: 793–794

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Armando GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-10373.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 10, 2012.
Filed Sept. 20, 2012.
Michael D. Anderson, Assistant U.S., USSAC-Offiee of the U.S. Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jorge Armando Gonzalez, Littleton, CO, pro se.
Timothy Edward Warriner, Attorney at Law, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, 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
Jorge Armando Gonzalez appeals from the 188-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine,. in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and 846, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Gonzalez contends that the district court procedurally erred by presuming the Sentencing Guidelines range was reasonable, by requiring compelling or unusual circumstances for a variance, by basing its sentence on clearly erroneous facts, and by failing to consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors. The record reflects that the court treated the Guidelines as advisory and specifically addressed each of Gonzalez's mitigating arguments, but found the circumstances insufficient to support a downward variance. Further, Gonzalez fails to show that the court's sentence was based on clearly erroneous facts, or that the court failed adequately to consider the section 3553(a) factors. The district court did not procedurally err. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 991-98 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc).
Gonzalez also contends that the sentence is substantively unreasonable. The sentence at the bottom of the Guidelines range is substantively reasonable in light of the totality of the circumstances and the section 3553(a) sentencing factors. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.