United States v. Nestor Sandoval-Sandoval, A.K.A. Hector Lopez

Defendant Nestor Sandoval-Sandoval stands convicted of one count of illegal reentry of a deported alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). He raises two issues in this timely appeal. First, he disputes the district court’s order compelling a set of fingerprint exemplars. Second, he challenges the district court’s reliance at sentencing on a California court “abstract of judgment” as evidence of the length of a prior sentence that he served in state prison.

Defendant was a passenger in a car stopped by police. At first, he gave a false name to the police and to the border patrol agents who…