Ramiro Lucio Leal-Chavez appealed his 60-month sentence for illegal entry after deportation, which was below the guideline range. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the sentence, stating that the district court did not err in considering the nature of Leal-Chavez's prior conviction. The Eleventh Circuit also noted that Leal-Chavez's constitutional arguments were foreclosed by Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent.
Ramiro Lucio Leal-Chavez appealed his 60-month sentence for illegal entry after deportation, which was below the guideline range. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the sentence, stating that the district court did not err in considering the nature of Leal-Chavez's prior conviction. The Eleventh Circuit also noted that Leal-Chavez's constitutional arguments were foreclosed by Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent.
Ramiro Lucio Leal-Chavez appealed his 60-month sentence for illegal entry after deportation, which was below the guideline range. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the sentence, stating that the district court did not err in considering the nature of Leal-Chavez's prior conviction. The Eleventh Circuit also noted that Leal-Chavez's constitutional arguments were foreclosed by Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent.
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 15-14638 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:15-cr-20419-JEM-1
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee, versus RAMIRO LUCIO LEAL-CHAVEZ, Defendant-Appellant. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ________________________ (April 15, 2016)
Case: 15-14638
Date Filed: 04/15/2016
Page: 2 of 2
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, FAY, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Ramiro Lucio Leal-Chavez appeals his 60-month sentence, imposed below
the guideline range, after being convicted of illegal entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326. The district court did not err by considering the nature of Leal-Chavezs prior conviction; Leal-Chavezs constitutional arguments are foreclosed by binding Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit precedent. See Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 118 S. Ct. 1219 (1998); United States v. Beckles, 565 F.3d 832 (11th Cir. 2009); United States v. Spears, 443 F.3d 1358 (11th Cir. 2006). AFFIRMED.