United States of America v. Jessika Adriana Mendoza- Cazares

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JESSIKA ADRIANA MENDOZA-
CAZARES,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 13-10226
D.C. No. 4:12-cr-00167-DCB
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
David C. Bury, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 17, 2013**
Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Jessika Adriana Mendoza-Cazares appeals from the district court’s judgment
and challenges the 52-month sentence imposed following her guilty-plea
conviction for possession with intent to distribute and importation of
FILED
JAN 03 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
* 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).

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approximately 9.18 kilograms of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C.
§§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A)(viii) and 960(a)(1), (b)(1)(H). We have jurisdiction under
28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Mendoza-Cazares contends that her sentence is substantively unreasonable
because the district court did not properly account for her history and
characteristics. The district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing
Mendoza-Cazares’s sentence. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007).
The sentence 136 months below the low end of the Guidelines range is
substantively reasonable in light of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and
the totality of the circumstances. See id.
AFFIRMED.
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