United States of America v. Jose Manuel Arenas-Aranda, a.k.a. Jose M. Arenas

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent*
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
** The Honorable James K. Singleton, Senior United States District
Judge for the District of Alaska, sitting by designation.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision***
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JOSE MANUEL ARENAS-ARANDA,
a.k.a. Jose M. Arenas,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 12-10013
D.C. No. 4:10-cr-03072-CKJ
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
James K. Singleton, District Judge, Presiding**
Submitted September 10, 2012***
Before: WARDLAW, CLIFTON, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Jose Manuel Arenas-Aranda appeals from the 48-month sentence imposed
FILED
SEP 24 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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following his guilty-plea conviction for reentry after deportation, in violation of 8
U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Arenas-Aranda contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable in
light of several mitigating factors and because he was sentenced to only six months
for a prior misdemeanor immigration conviction. In light of the totality of the
circumstances, including Arenas-Aranda’s eight previous deportations, the
sentence 15 months below the Guidelines range is substantively reasonable. See
18 U.S.C. § 3553(a); Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007).
AFFIRMED.

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