United States v. Miguel Gutierrez-Padilla

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615 F. App'x 436
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitSeptember 1, 201514-50303California233 words

Opinion

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Miguel Gutierrez-Padilla appeals from the consecutive 18-month sentence imposed upon revocation of supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Gutierrez-Padilla argues that the district court denied him his right of allocution before sentencing him on his violation of supervised release. The record belies his claim. During a consolidated hearing, the court invited Gutierrez-Padilla to speak before imposing sentence on his new conviction for illegal reentry and his violation of supervised release. Thus, Gutierrez-Padilla was given “an opportunity to make a statement and present any information in mitigation,” Fed.R.Crim.P. 32.1(b)(2)(E), before sentence was imposed. See United States v. Allen, 157 F.3d 661, 666 (9th Cir.1998).

Next, Gutierrez-Padilla alleges that the court failed to calculate his Guidelines range. However, the record shows that the court adopted the correctly-calculated Guidelines range proposed by the probation officer.

Finally, Gutierrez-Padilla contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing Gutierrez-Padilla’s sentence. See Gall v. United…

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