United States of America v. Alejandra Ochoa-Navarrete, a.k.a. Monica Gonzales, a.k.a. Anna Gonzalez, a.k.a.…

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
ALEJANDRA OCHOA-NAVARRETE,
a.k.a. Monica Gonzales, a.k.a. Anna
Gonzalez, a.k.a. Monica Gonzalez, a.k.a.
Alejandra Ochoa Navarette, a.k.a.
Alejandra Ochoa, a.k.a. Anna Ochoa, a.k.a.
Maria DeJesus Ochoa,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 13-50401
D.C. No. 2:12-cr-01068-SVW
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted December 9, 2014**
Before: WALLACE, LEAVY, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Alejandra Ochoa-Navarrete appeals from the district court’s judgment and
FILED
DEC 16 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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challenges the 46-month sentence imposed following her guilty-plea conviction for
illegal reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm, but remand to correct the
judgment.
Ochoa-Navarrete contends that the district court violated Federal Rule of
Criminal Procedure 32 by failing to rule on her objection to the presentence report
(“PSR”). The district court did not violate Rule 32 because Ochoa-Navarrete’s
objection to the PSR concerned a legal issue, not a factual dispute. See United
States v. Grajeda, 581 F.3d 1186, 1188-89 (9th Cir. 2009).
Ochoa-Navarrete also contends that the district court procedurally erred by
failing to respond to her request for a cultural assimilation departure, and by failing
to understand and address her mitigating argument regarding the reduced need for
deterrence in view of her eligibility for a U-visa. We review for plain error, see
United States v. Valencia-Barragan, 608 F.3d 1103, 1108 (9th Cir. 2010), and find
no error. The record reflects that the district court considered Ochoa-Navarrete’s
cultural assimilation departure request, properly understood and considered her
U-visa argument, and sufficiently explained the below-Guidelines sentence. See
Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 358-59 (2007).
In accordance with United States v. Rivera-Sanchez, 222 F.3d 1057, 1062
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(9th Cir. 2000), we remand the case to the district court with instructions that it
delete from the judgment the reference to section 1326(b)(2). See United States v.
Herrera-Blanco, 232 F.3d 715, 719 (9th Cir. 2000) (remanding sua sponte to
delete the reference to section 1326(b)(2)).
AFFIRMED; REMANDED to correct the judgment.
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