United States v. German Arias-Granados, AKA German Hernandez and Miguel Rosas-Arenos, AKA Carlos Lopez-Ramirez

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

These two appeals raise identical challenges to the application in appellants’ cases of section 2L1.2(b)(l) of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which requires a four-level increase in a defendant’s base offense level if “the defendant previously was deported after sustaining a conviction for a felony.” Because we find that the district court properly applied this section in sentencing appellants, and because such application did not violate due process standards, we affirm.

Appellant German Arias-Granados and appellant Miguel Rosas-Arenos were both arrested while…