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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        FEB 10 2020
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No. 19-10155

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 5:12-cr-00888-EJD-1

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
JOHN GERINGER,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Northern District of California
                   Edward J. Davila, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted February 4, 2020**

Before:      FERNANDEZ, SILVERMAN, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

      John Geringer appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the

140-month sentence imposed on remand for resentencing following his guilty-plea

conviction for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

§ 1349; mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341; and securities fraud, in

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 78j(b) and 78ff, and 17 C.F.R. §§ 240.10b-5 and

240.10b5-2. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

      Geringer contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to

address his non-frivolous, mitigating arguments and to consider the 18 U.S.C.

§ 3553(a) factors. We review for plain error, see United States v. Valencia-

Barragan, 608 F.3d 1103, 1108 (9th Cir. 2010), and conclude that there is none.

The record reflects the district court considered Geringer’s mitigating arguments

and the relevant section 3553(a) factors and explained its reasons for imposing a

within-Guidelines sentence, including the nature of the offense and the need to

afford adequate deterrence. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 991-92 (9th

Cir. 2008) (en banc); see also United States v. Perez-Perez, 512 F.3d 514, 516 (9th

Cir. 2008) (sentencing judge need not expressly address every sentencing

argument).

      Geringer also contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. The

district court did not abuse its discretion. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38,

51 (2007). The sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the section 3553(a)

factors and totality of the circumstances, including the seriousness of the offense

and the need to avoid unwarranted sentence disparities. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51.

      AFFIRMED.

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