UNITED STATES v. TEJADA ZEPEDA (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Juan Tejada-Zepeda appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the three-year term of supervised release imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for illegal reentry following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Tejada-Zepeda contends that the district court misapplied U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1(c) when it imposed a term of supervised release even though he is likely to be deported when his prison term ends. He suggests that the court was prohibited from imposing supervised release absent a finding that his was an unusual case. Tejada-Zepeda cites no authority to support this claim. In any event, the court expressly considered the particular circumstances of Tejada-Zepeda’s case, including his motivation to return to the United States and his history of engaging in criminal conduct when he is in the United States, and found that a supervised release term would serve the goals of deterrence and protection of the public. This was consistent with the Guidelines, see U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1 cmt. n.5, and the court’s obligation to explain the sentence, see United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 992 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc).

Tejada-Zepeda also contends that the three-year term of supervised release is substantively unreasonable. The district court did not abuse its discretion. See United States v. Valdavinos-Torres, 704 F.3d 679, 692 (9th Cir. 2012). The term of supervised release is substantively reasonable in light of the totality of the circumstances. See id. at 692-93.

AFFIRMED.