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U.S. v. SANTIAGO-RIVERA

No. 13-1228.

744 F.3d 229 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan Felix SANTIAGO-RIVERA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

February 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Héctor E. Guzmán, Jr. , Federal Public Defender, Héctor L. Ramos-Vega , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Supervisor, Appeals Division, and Patricia A. Garrity , Assistant Federal Public Defender, on brief for appellant.

Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Chief, Appellate Division, and John A. Mathews II , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, SELYA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Following his guilty plea, defendant-appellant Juan Felix Santiago-Rivera was sentenced to a term of immurement above the top of the applicable guideline sentencing range (GSR). The defendant appeals, arguing that the district court failed to make an individualized assessment of his case and, in the bargain, imposed a substantively unreasonable sentence. After careful consideration, we affirm.1

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