United States v. Jose Ramos-Jimenez

MEMORANDUM

Jose Antonio Ramos-Jimenez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 46-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a deported alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Ramos-Jimenez contends that the district court violated Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(i)(3)(B) by failing to resolve the factual dispute concerning his 2005 arrest. The parties dispute the standard of review that applies to this claim. We need not resolve this dispute because even on de novo review Ramos-Jimenez’s claim fails. The district court expressly stated that the disputed portion of the presentence report would have no effect on sentencing, and the record reflects that the alleged arrest did not affect the sentence selected. Accordingly, the court did not err by failing to resolve the dispute. See Fed.R.Crim.P. 32(i)(3)(B); United States v. Saeteurn, 504 F.3d 1175, 1181 (9th Cir. 2007).

Ramos-Jimenez also contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because it was based on factually disputed information. The district court did not abuse its…