Court Opinion

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FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                             JUL 29 2014

                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                      U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        Nos. 13-10270
                                                      13-10271
               Plaintiff - Appellee,
                                                 D.C. Nos. 2:12-cr-00220-KJD
  v.                                                       2:12-cr-00158-KJD

SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ,                                MEMORANDUM*

               Defendant - Appellant.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Nevada
                     Kent J. Dawson, District Judge, Presiding

                              Submitted July 22, 2014**

Before:        GOODWIN, CANBY, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

       In these consolidated appeals, Samuel Rodriguez appeals from the 74-month

sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a deported alien

found unlawfully in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326; and the

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
eight-month consecutive sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release.

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

      Rodriguez contends that his 82-month aggregate sentence is substantively

unreasonable. He argues that the court should have imposed an aggregate sentence

of no more than 70 months. The district court did not abuse its discretion in

imposing Rodriguez’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007).

The sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)

sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances, including Rodriguez’s

criminal history and seven previous deportations. See id. Moreover, in light of

Rodriguez’s failure to be deterred and breach of the court’s trust, the court did not

abuse its discretion by ordering that his eight-month revocation sentence be served

consecutively to the 74-month sentence. See U.S.S.G. § 7B1.3(f); United States v.

Simtob, 485 F.3d 1058, 1062-63 (9th Cir. 2007) (at a revocation sentencing, the

district court can sanction a violator for his breach of trust).

      AFFIRMED.

                                            2                         13-10270 & 13-10271