Gonzalez-Lopez

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 26 2026

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 25-2536 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:24-CR-02115-JAH v.

MEMORANDUM*

JUAN GONZALEZ-LOPEZ,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California John A. Houston, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 10, 2026 Pasadena, California

Before: RAWLINSON and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and LIBURDI, District Judge.**

Juan Gonzalez-Lopez appeals from his forty-month sentence for transporting

certain aliens under 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii). Gonzalez-Lopez argues that the

district court procedurally erred by failing to treat the United States Sentencing

Guidelines (the “Guidelines”) as the starting point of sentencing, inadequately

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Michael T. Liburdi, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by…