Court Opinion

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Case: 12-50284       Document: 00512113277         Page: 1     Date Filed: 01/15/2013

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                                            FILED
                                                                         January 15, 2013
                                     No. 12-50284
                                   Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

SERGIO ADELSON GIRON, also known as Sergio Diaz, also known as Sergio
Giron, also known as Sergio A. Giron-Diaz, also known as Sergio A. Giron, also
known as Sergio Diaz-Giron, also known as Adelson Giron, also known as Sergio
Adelson Giron-Diaz,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                             USDC No. 5:11-CR-487-1

Before JONES, DENNIS, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       Sergio Adelson Giron challenges the substantive reasonableness of the 46-
month within-guidelines sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction
of illegal reentry into the United States. Because Giron’s sentence falls within
the applicable guidelines range, it “is presumptively reasonable.” United States
v. Alonzo, 435 F.3d 551, 554 (5th Cir. 2006); see also Rita v. United States, 551

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
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U.S. 338, 347 (2007) (upholding the application of the presumption of
reasonableness to sentences within a properly calculated guidelines range). He
concedes that this court utilizes the presumption of reasonableness for sentences
determined under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2 and that this court has held that failure to
object to the substantive reasonableness of a sentence in the district court
results in plain error review. See United States v. Duarte, 569 F.3d 528, 529-31
(5th Cir. 2009); United States v. Peltier, 505 F.3d 389, 391-92 (5th Cir. 2007).
However, he raises both of those issues to preserve them for possible further
review.
      This court has rejected Giron’s arguments that sentences determined
under§ 2L1.2 are unreasonable because § 2L1.2 is not empirically grounded and
because prior convictions may count toward both offense level and criminal
history category calculations. See Duarte, 569 F.3d at 529-31. With regard to
his contention that the district court failed to account sufficiently for his
particular circumstances in its 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) analysis, he brought these
circumstances to the attention of the district court, and this court recognizes
that “the sentencing judge is in a superior position to find facts and judge their
import under § 3553(a) with respect to a particular defendant.” United States
v. Campos-Maldonado, 531 F.3d 337, 339 (5th Cir. 2008). Whether we “might
reasonably have concluded that a different sentence was appropriate is
insufficient to justify reversal of the district court.” Gall v. United States, 552
U.S. 38, 51 (2007). Giron has shown no error, plain or otherwise.
      AFFIRMED.

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