United States of America v. Yardiel Rodriguez Hernandez, a.k.a. Yardiael Rodriguez Hernandez, a.k.a. Yardiel…

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
YARDIEL RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ,
a.k.a. Yardiael Rodriguez Hernandez,
a.k.a. Yardiel Hernandez, a.k.a. Yardiel R.
Hernandez, a.k.a. Yardiel Rodriguez, a.k.a.
Yardiel H. Rodriguez, a.k.a. Yardiel
Hernandez Rodriguez, a.k.a. Yardiel
Rodriguez-Hernandez,
Defendant - Appellant.
No. 13-50210
D.C. No. 2:12-cr-00664-DSF
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Dale S. Fischer, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted February 18, 2014**
Before: ALARCÓN, O’SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Yardiel Rodriguez Hernandez appeals from the district court’s judgment and
FILED
FEB 27 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 30-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for
being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation, in violation
of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm, but
remand to correct the judgment.
Rodriguez Hernandez contends that the district court declined to impose a
below-Guidelines sentence to punish him for rejecting a fast-track plea agreement.
The parties dispute the standard of review that applies to this claim. We need not
resolve this dispute because, even under de novo review, Rodriguez Hernandez’s
claim fails. The record reflects that the district court properly based the sentence
on the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors and not on Rodriguez Hernandez’s
decision to reject the plea agreement.
Rodriguez Hernandez next contends his sentence is substantively
unreasonable because it is greater than necessary to meet the goals of sentencing.
The district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing the 30-month sentence.
See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). The sentence at the low end of
the Guidelines range is substantively reasonable in light of the 3553(a) sentencing
factors and totality of the circumstances, including Rodriguez Hernandez’s
immigration history. See id.
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 incorrect reference to 8 U.S.C. § 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)).
AFFIRMED; REMANDED to correct the judgment.
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