UNITED STATES v. SANCHEZ SANTILLAN (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Hector Sanchez-Santillan appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 24-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for attempted reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Sanchez-Santillan contends that the sentence is substantively unreasonable because the aggravating circumstances identified by the district court were insufficient to justify an upward variance from the Guidelines range and the district court placed too much weight on his prior domestic violence conviction. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Sanchez-Santillan’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). Contrary to Sanchez-Santillan’s argument, the district court explicitly and repeatedly stated that it considered his domestic violence conviction to “a lesser extent.” The district court primarily focused on Sanchez-Santillan’s 17 previous deportations and exclusions, and the failure of a prior 12-month-and-one-day sentence for his last immigration offense to deter him from returning unlawfully. In light of the totality of the circumstances and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, the above-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586.

AFFIRMED.