Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ruben GARCIA-MOJICA, also known as Alfredo Zuniga-Mojica, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-08-21
Citations: 539 F. App'x 412
Docket Number: No. 12-41247
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ruben GARCIA-MOJICA, also known as Alfredo Zuniga-Mojica, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 539
Pages: 412–413

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Ruben GARCIA-MOJICA, also known as Alfredo Zuniga-Mojica, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-41247
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 21, 2013.
Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Timothy William Crooks, Sarah Beth Landau, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Ruben Garcia-Mojica appeals the 36-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for being found unlawfully present in the United States following deportation. Garcia-Mojica argues that his above-guidelines sentence is procedurally unreasonable because the sentencing court made "unfounded assumptions" concerning his prior convictions for alcohol-related driving offenses. He contends that the court failed to consider mitigating evidence and did not provide adequate reasons for imposing a sentence that is a 15-month variance above the sentencing guidelines range.
Because Garcia-Mojica did not object at sentencing that the district court committed a procedural error, we review for plain error. See United States v. Whitelaw, 580 F.3d 256, 259 (5th Cir.2009). In light of his admissions at sentencing concerning his past conduct and the district court's extensive explanation for the sentence it selected, Garcia-Mojica has not demonstrated that the district court failed to articulate adequate reasons for the sen tence and, thus, he has failed to show procedural error, plain or otherwise, that renders his sentence unreasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007); Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135, 129 S.Ct. 1423, 173 L.Ed.2d 266 (2009).
Although Garcia-Mojica objected in the district court to the reasonableness of the sentence, he has not shown that the variance reflected an abuse of discretion on the part of the district court and, thus, he has not demonstrated that the sentence is substantively unreasonable. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586; Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 356, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007).
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.