UNITED STATES v. TOCCI (2019)

MEMORANDUM **

Frank Tocci appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 45-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Tocci contends that the sentence is substantively unreasonable because the court’s reasons for varying upward lacked evidentiary support and both the government and the probation officer had recommended a within-Guidelines sentence. The district court did not abuse its discretion. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The court was not bound by the parties’ sentencing recommendations, and the record reflects that the court varied upward largely because of Tocci’s criminal history. To the extent the court relied on Tocci’s conduct while in custody and the circumstances of the offense in imposing the sentence, the undisputed portions of the presentence report supported the court’s findings. See United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1085 (9th Cir. 2005) (en banc). The above-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and the totality of the circumstances. See Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586.

Insofar as Tocci argues that the district court violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32 at sentencing, we decline to reach that issue, which Tocci raised for the first time in his reply brief. See United States v. Kama, 394 F.3d 1236, 1238 (9th Cir. 2005).

AFFIRMED.