United States of America v. Secondino Meza-Urtado

United States Court of Appeals
For the Seventh Circuit
Chicago, Illinois 60604
Submitted January 20, 2006
Decided January 25, 2006
Before
Hon. RICHARD A. POSNER, Circuit Judge
Hon. FRANK H. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge
Hon. TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge
No. 05-2434
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
SECONDINO MEZA-URTADO,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States
District Court for the Northern
District of Illinois, Eastern Division.
No. 01 CR 987-1
Robert W. Gettleman, Judge.
O R D E R
This is (we hope) the final act of a saga that began in 2001 when Secondino
Meza-Urtado was involved in a three-kilo cocaine deal in Chicago. After Meza (we
shorten his name) was convicted on federal drug charges, he appealed, and the
government filed a cross-appeal challenging a downward departure (to 70 months)
Meza received. As bad luck would have it, Meza lost and the government won. See
United States v. Meza-Urtado, 351 F.3d 301 (7th Cir. 2003). Back in the district
court, Meza was sentenced again, this time to a term of 78 months.
Meza appeals again, and he must lose again. His 78-month sentence, the low
end of a properly determined advisory guideline range, cannot, based on the fine
record made in the district court, be viewed as unreasonable. The judgment of the
district court, accordingly, is AFFIRMED.
UNPUBLISHED ORDER
Not to be cited per Circuit Rule 53

-- 1 of 1 --