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United States v. Arnulfo Davila, 16-10720 (2017)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Number: 16-10720 Visitors: 47
Filed: Jun. 06, 2017
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: Case: 16-10720 Document: 00514021994 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/06/2017 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 16-10720 FILED Summary Calendar June 6, 2017 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ARNULFO DAVILA, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:04-CR-194-1 Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Arnulf
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     Case: 16-10720      Document: 00514021994         Page: 1    Date Filed: 06/06/2017




           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                            United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 16-10720                                   FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                              June 6, 2017
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                   Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ARNULFO DAVILA,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant


                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 3:04-CR-194-1


Before JONES, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Arnulfo Davila, federal prisoner # 32490-177, appeals the district court’s
denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion. He contends that the district court
erred in failing to consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors before denying his
motion and in failing to consider the applicable guidelines range.
       The district court sentenced Davila to 300 months of imprisonment
based on his binding agreement under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure


       * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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                                  No. 16-10720

11(c)(1)(C). Davila’s plea agreement did not call for him to be sentenced within
a particular guidelines range, nor did it indicate that the basis for the specified
term was a guidelines range applicable to his offense. See Freeman v. United
States, 
564 U.S. 522
, 534-40 (2011) (Sotomayor, J., concurring); United States
v. Benitez, 
822 F.3d 807
, 809-12 (5th Cir. 2016).           Additionally, the plea
agreement did not explicitly employ a particular guidelines range to establish
the term of imprisonment. See 
Benitez, 822 F.3d at 811
. Thus, Davila was not
eligible for a reduction because his sentence was not “based on a sentencing
range that has subsequently been lowered by the Sentencing Commission.”
§ 3582(c)(2); see 
Benitez, 822 F.3d at 811
-12. The district court’s denial of a
sentence reduction is, therefore, AFFIRMED. See 
Benitez, 822 F.3d at 809-12
;
Dillon v. United States, 
560 U.S. 817
, 826-27 (2010).




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