Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilberto PLACENCIA-MEDINA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-09-14
Citations: 346 F. App'x 161
Docket Number: No. 08-50369
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilberto PLACENCIA-MEDINA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 346
Pages: 161–162

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilberto PLACENCIA-MEDINA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-50369.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 1, 2009.
Filed Sept. 14, 2009.
Victor Pablo White, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Robert Russell Henssler, Jr., Esquire, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant'.
Before: FERNANDEZ, GOULD, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Gilberto Placencia-Medina appeals his sentence for attempted entry after removal. 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). We affirm.
The district court did not err when it considered the nature and similarity of Placencia's prior convictions in deciding to impose a six-month variance from the sentence range under the United States Sentencing Guidelines. See United States v. Orlando, 553 F.3d 1235, 1239 (9th Cir.2009); cf. United States v. Segura-Del Real, 83 F.3d 275, 277-78 (9th Cir.1996) (court can consider repetitive immigration violations in calculating an upward departure from the Guidelines).
Moreover, considering the simplicity of the matter, the district court sufficiently explained its decision to vary from the guideline range. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(c); United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 991-92 (9th Cir.2008) (en banc). Finally, the district court was not required to mouth the so-called parsimony principle when it stated that the sentence it was awarding was reasonable. A reasonable sentence incorporates that principle, and we assume that "district judges know the law."
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
. See United States v. Crowe, 563 F.3d 969, 977 n. 16 (9th Cir.2009); United States v. Vasquez-Landaver, 527 F.3d 798, 804-05 (9th Cir.2008).
. Carty, 520 F.3d at 992.