United States of America v. Luis Eduardo Hernandez- Gonzalez, a.k.a. Luis Hernandez- Gonzalez

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).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
LUIS EDUARDO HERNANDEZ-
GONZALEZ, a.k.a. Luis Hernandez-
Gonzalez,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 11-10197
D.C. No. 4:09-cr-02661-FRZ
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Frank R. Zapata, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted May 15, 2012**
Before: CANBY, GRABER, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Luis Eduardo Hernandez-Gonzalez appeals from the 57-month sentence
imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for reentry after deportation, in
FILED
MAY 18 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We dismiss.
Hernandez-Gonzalez contends that the district court’s failure to sentence
him to a term comparable to the term that he would have received had he accepted
the government’s fast-track plea offer resulted in an unwarranted sentencing
disparity that rendered his sentence unreasonable. Although he concedes that he
waived his right to appeal, he contends that the appeal waiver is unenforceable, as
the government impermissibly conditioned the award of a third point under
U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(b) on his accession to the waiver. Hernandez-Gonzalez
acknowledges that we held in United States v. Johnson, 581 F.3d 994 (9th Cir.
2009), that the government may condition the award of a third point under
U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(b) on the defendant’s waiver of the right to appeal, but he argues
that Johnson was wrongly decided. We are bound by our precedent, see United
States v. Gonzalez-Zotelo, 556 F.3d 736, 740 (9th Cir. 2009), and dismiss the
appeal in light of the valid appeal waiver, see United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d
1179, 1182 (9th Cir. 2000).
DISMISSED.

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