United States v. Ariel Garcia-Mendez

FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 16 2012

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 11-50009

Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00568-CAS

v.

MEMORANDUM *

ARIEL GARCIA-MENDEZ, a.k.a. Julio Cesar Medrano, a.k.a. Julio Manzanares Medrano,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted October 9, 2012 **

Before: RAWLINSON, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Ariel Garcia-Mendez appeals from the 51-month sentence imposed

following his guilty-plea conviction for being an illegal alien found in the United

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). States following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction

under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Garcia-Mendez…