United States v. Santos-Quintero
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date FiledOctober 23, 2026
Docket26-50205
StatusUnpublished
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United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
____________ Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 26-50205 October 23, 2026
Summary Calendar
Thomas B. Plunkett, III
____________ Clerk
United States of America,
Plaintiff—Appellee,
versus
Rigoberto Santos-Quintero,
Defendant—Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 2:25-CR-2012-1
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Before Smith, Southwick, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
Rigoberto Santos-Quintero appeals his sentence for illegal reentry.
He maintains that the district court failed to give sufficient reasons for impos-
ing a 30-month, above-guidelines sentence; that his sentence is substantively
unreasonable; that the court erred by imposing various sex-offender-related
special conditions of supervised release; and that the court failed to give an
adequate explanation for those conditions.
*
This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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Santos-Quintero’s challenge to the adequacy of reasons for his sen-
tence, which we review for plain error, fails. See United States v. Mondragon-
Santiago, 564 F.3d 357, 364–65 (5th Cir. 2009). The court articulated spe-
cific, individualized reasons, tied to pertinent 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and
Santos-Quintero’s history of removals and criminal conduct. Santos-
Quintero shows no clear or obvious error, see United States v. Lopez-Velas-
quez, 526 F.3d 804, 807 (5th Cir. 2008), nor a reasonable probability that fur-
ther explanation would have resulted in a lesser sentence, see Mondragon-
Santiago, 564 F.3d at 364–65. Santos-Quintero’s preserved substantive-
reasonableness argument is likewise unavailing. See Lopez-Velasquez,
526 F.3d at 807; United States v. Smith, 440 F.3d 704, 708–09 (5th Cir. 2006).
The presentence report supports a conclusion that the sex-offender-
related conditions are reasonably related to, at the least, Santos-Quintero’s
history and characteristics. See United States v. Salazar, 743 F.3d 445, 451
(5th Cir. 2014). Finally, although the district court did not provide a lengthy
explanation for imposing the conditions of supervised release, the reasoning
is clear from the record. See id.; see also United States v. Caravayo, 809 F.3d
269, 275 (5th Cir. 2015).
AFFIRMED.
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