Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Saulo TORRES-FACUNDO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-02-07
Citations: 410 F. App'x 785
Docket Number: No. 10-50338
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Saulo TORRES-FACUNDO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 410
Pages: 785–785

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Saulo TORRES-FACUNDO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-50338
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 7, 2011.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Philip J. Lynch, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Henry Joseph Bemporad, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Saulo Torres-Facundo (Torres) appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for attempted illegal reentry of a previously deported alien and false •personation in immigration matters. The district court sentenced Torres within his advisory guideline sentencing range to 57 months of imprisonment. Torres argues that his sentence is greater than necessary to meet the sentencing goals of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), and that the Sentencing Guidelines account for a prior conviction both to increase the offense level and to calculate the criminal history score. He further argues that his guideline sentencing range overstated the seriousness of his nonviolent offense and did not properly account for his personal motive for reentering.
We have previously rejected both Torres's empirical data and his double counting arguments. See United States v. Duarte, 569 F.3d 528, 529-31 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 378, 175 L.Ed.2d 231 (2009). Torres's argument concerning the district court's balancing of the § 3553(a) factors amounts to a disagreement with the district court's weighing of these factors and the appropriateness of a within-range sentence. The argument is insufficient to rebut the presumption of reasonableness applicable to Torres's within-range sentence. See United States v. Alonzo, 435 F.3d 551, 554-55 (5th Cir.2006). Torres has failed to show that the district court abused its discretion or that his sentence was substantively unreasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The judgment of the district court is 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.