United States of America v. Daniel Salinas-Vargas

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION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.
DANIEL SALINAS-VARGAS,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 12-50557
D.C. No. 3:06-cr-00639-WQH
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of California
William Q. Hayes, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted June 18, 2013**
Before: TALLMAN, M. SMITH, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Daniel Salinas-Vargas appeals from the district court’s judgment and
challenges the eight-month sentence imposed following the revocation of his
supervised release. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Salinas-Vargas contends that the revocation sentence was substantively
FILED
JUN 24 2013
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U .S. C OU R T OF APPE ALS

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unreasonable because the district court failed to weigh properly the 18 U.S.C.
§ 3583(e) sentencing factors. The district court did not abuse its discretion in
imposing Salinas-Vargas’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51
(2007). In light of the totality of the circumstances and the section 3583(e)
sentencing factors, the below-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable. See
id.; United States v. Gutierrez-Sanchez, 587 F.3d 904, 908 (9th Cir. 2009) (“The
weight to be given the various factors in a particular case is for the discretion of the
district court.”).
Salinas-Vargas also contends that the supervised release revocation
procedure under section 3583 violates Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466
(2000). As he concedes, this contention is foreclosed by United States v. Santana,
526 F.3d 1257, 1262 (9th Cir. 2008), and United States v. Huerta-Pimental, 445
F.3d 1220, 1223-25 (9th Cir. 2006).
AFFIRMED.

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