Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Fernando GUERRERO-CASTANEDA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-02-26
Citations: 312 F. App'x 629
Docket Number: No. 08-50431
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Fernando GUERRERO-CASTANEDA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, GARWOOD and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 312
Pages: 629–630

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Fernando GUERRERO-CASTANEDA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-50431
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 26, 2009.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, GARWOOD and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Fernando Guerrero-Castañeda (Guerrero) appeals the 48-month non-guidelines sentence imposed on April 28, 2008, following his guilty plea conviction for being found illegally in the United States after having been previously deported. 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1), (2). Guerrero argues that his non-guidelines sentence is unreasonable because a guidelines sentence would have been sufficient to meet the sentencing objectives of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). He does not assert any procedural error. We review the substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed by the district court under an abuse-of-discretion standard. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 128 S.Ct. 586, 597, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).
At sentencing, the district court noted the extensive nature of Guerrero's criminal history, which included multiple assaults and acts of family violence. The court explicitly observed that Guerrero had almost double the number of criminal history points needed to warrant the maximum criminal history category. Even not considering a prior felony which was sufficient to itself account for the four level base offense level increase under Guidelines § 2L1.2(b)(l)(D), Guerrero's criminal history score without that felony would have been 20 or 21, well above the number (13) producing the maximum criminal history category. The district court concluded that a non-guidelines sentence was necessary in light of the seriousness and the extent of Guerrero's criminal history. Thus, the record reflects that the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Guerrero, because it properly considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and provided sufficiently detailed reasons for arriving at the sentence imposed. See id. at 596-97; see also United States v. Williams, 517 F.3d 801, 808-09 (5th Cir.2008). Further, the exteiit of the variance was not unreasonable given the evidence before the district court. See United States v. Simkanin, 420 F.3d 397, 419 (5th Cir.2005).
Accordingly, 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 tire limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
. The unchallenged, correctly calculated guideline range was 24 to 30 months' confinement.