Ramos-Ruiz

United States v. Ramos-Ruiz

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249 F. App'x 498
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 31, 2007No. 06-10161California300 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jose Reyes Ramos-Ruiz appeals from the district court’s order reaffirming his sentence following limited remand under United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1084-85 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Ramos-Ruiz contends that the district court erred in failing to resentence him following this Court’s limited remand pursuant to Ameline . We conclude that the district court was bound by this Court’s mandate, see United States v. Perez, 475 F.3d 1110, 1114 (9th Cir.2007), and therefore did not err in failing to conduct a new sentencing hearing, because it determined that it would not have imposed a materially different sentence, see Ameline, 409 F.3d at 1084 .

Ramos-Ruiz also contends that the district court erred by failing to consider some of the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (a). However, review of a district court’s decision not to resentence a defendant following a remand pursuant to Ameline is limited to whether “the district [court] properly understood the full scope of [its] discretion” following United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 , 125 S.Ct. 738 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). See United States…

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