United States v. Juan Medrano-Hernandez

MEMORANDUM

Juan Medrano-Hernandez appeals the district court’s judgment of October 4, 2013, that ordered his imprisonment for eight months upon revocation of his term of supervised release, which arose out of his false statement conviction on July 16, 2004. See 18 U.S.C. § 1001 . He contends that the district court erred when it determined his Criminal History Category (“CHC”) under the Sentencing Guidelines. See USSG § 7B1.4(a), p.s. (2012). We affirm.

In 2004, Medrano was charged with making a false statement to a federal agent. See 18 U.S.C. § 1001 . He pled guilty and on July 16, 2004, he was sentenced to sixteen months in prison and three years of supervised release. The district court calculated his CHC as category IV. His term of supervision commenced on October 7, 2004. Medrano violated his term of supervised release and at his 2011 revocation hearing the district court recalculated his CHC as category III. His new term of supervision began on October 19, 2011. Medrano again violated supervised release, and at his 2013 revocation hearing the district court placed him in CHC IV as it had when he was originally sentenced. Medrano argues that in determining his CHC at the…