Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel LOZANO-GARCIA, a/k/a Daniel Garcia Lozano, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-13
Citations: 479 F. App'x 548
Docket Number: No. 11-4973
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel LOZANO-GARCIA, a/k/a Daniel Garcia Lozano, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 479
Pages: 548–549

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Daniel LOZANO-GARCIA, a/k/a Daniel Garcia Lozano, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-4973.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 29, 2012.
Decided: July 13, 2012.
Lora E. Collins, Assistant South Carolina, for Appel States Attorney, Maxwell Attorney, Greenville, South Federal Public Defender, Greenville, lant. William N. Nettles, United Cauthen, Assistant United States Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, Circuit Judge, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
UNPUBLISHED
PER CURIAM:
Daniel Lozano-Garcia appeals from his fifty-month sentence imposed pursuant to his guilty plea to illegal reentry by a deported felon. On appeal, Lozano-Garcia contends that the district court did not provide sufficient individualized reasoning to support his Guidelines sentence. We affirm.
Because trial counsel argued at sentencing for a lower sentence than the one Lozano-Garcia received, this issue is preserved on appeal. United States v. Lynn, 592 F.3d 572, 578 (4th Cir.2010). We therefore review under an abuse of discretion standard. Id. at 581 ("[W]e review the district court's sentencing procedure for abuse of discretion, and must reverse if we find error, unless we can conclude that the error was harmless.").
We conclude that the district court's reasoning was "adequate to permit 'meaningful appellate review.'" United States v. Carter, 564 F.3d 325, 329 (4th Cir.2009). The court explicitly addressed the basis proffered by Lozano-Garcia for a lower sentence and explained its reasons for selecting a sentence in the middle of the Guidelines range. Specifically, the court discussed the length of Lozano-Garcia's illegal residence in the United States as well as the crimes he committed during that time. Moreover, the court noted that a Guidelines sentence was appropriate and rejected Lozano-Garcia's assertion that his life in Mexico and his recognition of the seriousness of the trouble he was in were sufficient to keep him in Mexico. See id. at 328 (holding that a district judge must state in open court the particular reasons for a sentence in order to satisfy the appellate court that he considered the parties' arguments and that he exercised sound authority in selecting a sentence). We conclude that Lozano-Garcia has not demonstrated an abuse of discretion, and his sentence was therefore not procedurally unreasonable.
Accordingly, we affirm. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.