United States v. Armando Lopez-Hernandez

Armando Lopez-Hernandez pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after a prior removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2). The district court 1 sentenced Lopez-Hernandez to 57 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Lopez- Hernandez challenges the substantive reasonableness of his sentence, and we affirm.

On August 15, 2014, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents found Lopez-Hernandez at a detention center in Minneapolis, where he was in custody after an arrest for domestic assault. The agents determined that Lopez-Hernandez was a native and citizen of Mexico and that he…