Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Noel SANTIAGO-OCHOA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-20
Citations: 209 F. App'x 575
Docket Number: No. 04-3338
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Noel SANTIAGO-OCHOA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before Hon. RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, Hon. MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge, Hon. ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 209
Pages: 575–576

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Noel SANTIAGO-OCHOA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-3338.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Dec. 20, 2006.
Gillum Ferguson, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Gerardo S. Gutierrez, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before Hon. RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge, Hon. MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge, Hon. ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
Noel Santiago-Ochoa pleaded guilty to reentering the United States without permission after being removed to Mexico following conviction for an aggravated felony. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). The district court sentenced him to 77 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release. We subsequently ordered a limited remand under United States v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471 (7th Cir.2005), so that the district court could tell us whether it would have imposed the same sentence knowing that the sentencing guidelines were only advisory. See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
The district court has responded that it would have imposed the same sentence on Santiago-Ochoa post-Booker. The parties have not accepted our invitation to file arguments regarding the appropriate disposition of the appeal in light of the district court's decision. And the sentence falls within the applicable guidelines range, so it is presumptively reasonable under this court's precedent. See United States v. Mykytiuk, 415 F.3d 606, 608 (7th Cir. 2005) (holding that sentence within properly calculated guidelines range is presumptively reasonable). Cf. Rita v. United States, - U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 551, 166 L.Ed.2d 406 (2006) (granting certiorari to decide whether according presumption of reasonableness to sentences within guidelines range is consistent with Booker). We therefore AFFIRM the district court's sentence.