Court Opinion

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        DEC 3 2018
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No.    18-50042

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:17-cr-00491-PSG

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
ROBERTO RAMOS,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Central District of California
                   Philip S. Gutierrez, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted November 27, 2018**

Before:      CANBY, TASHIMA, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.

      Roberto Ramos appeals the eight-month custodial sentence and five-year

term of supervised release imposed upon revocation of supervised release. We

have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

      Ramos contends that the district court procedurally erred by failing to

      *
             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).
respond to his mitigating arguments and explain the sentence. We review for plain

error, see United States v. Miqbel, 444 F.3d 1173, 1176 (9th Cir. 2006), and

conclude that there is none. The record shows that the district court considered

Ramos’s mitigating arguments. Moreover, it explained the sentence adequately,

noting Ramos’s breaches of the court’s trust. United States v. Perez-Perez, 512
F.3d 514, 516 (9th Cir. 2008). Ramos has not shown a reasonable probability that

he would have received a different sentence had the district court said more. See

United States v. Dallman, 533 F.3d 755, 762 (9th Cir. 2008).

      Ramos next argues that the sentence is substantively unreasonable because

the district court failed to give adequate weight to the Guidelines and to Ramos’s

mitigating circumstances. The district court did not abuse its discretion. See Gall

v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The within-Guidelines custodial sentence

and five-year term of supervised release are substantively reasonable in light of the

18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances,

including Ramos’s decision to leave the residential treatment program and failure

to report to probation. See United States v. Simtob, 485 F.3d 1058, 1062-63 (9th

Cir. 2007).

      Finally, Ramos argues that the written judgment conflicts with the district

court’s oral pronouncement of sentence. The record indicates that there is no

conflict. In both the written judgment and the oral pronouncement, the district

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court reimposed the terms and conditions imposed upon Ramos’s first revocation,

but with one modification: upon release, Ramos must enter a residential substance

abuse treatment program for a period not to exceed six months. The record reflects

that this new condition was intended to replace condition number one in the

November 1, 2017, judgment, and that satisfaction of the new condition would

meet the requirements of condition number five in the November 1, 2017,

judgment.

      AFFIRMED.

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