Rodriguez-Venegas

United States v. Rodriguez-Venegas

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316 F. App'x 652
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 5, 2009No. 08-30174California379 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Luciano Rodriguez-Venegas appeals from the 57-month sentence imposed fol *653 lowing his guilty-plea conviction for being an alien in the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Rodriguez-Venegas contends that the district court erred by miscalculating his criminal history score as a result of an erroneous factual finding that he had continuously remained in the United States following a February 2006 arrest. We conclude that, in light of Rodriguez-Vene-gas’s pattern of residency in the United States and the lack of countervailing evidence indicating that he voluntarily returned to Mexico, the district court did not clearly err. See United States v. Romero-Rendon, 220 F.3d 1159 , 1161-63 & n. 4 (9th Cir.2000); see also United States v. Marin-Cuevas, 147 F.3d 889, 895 (9th Cir. 1998) (factual determinations relevant to criminal history calculation reviewed for clear error).

Rodriguez-Venegas also contends that his sentence is illegal because the government did not allege in the indictment or prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was deported subsequent to an aggravated…

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