2009, and was removed on June 30, 2009; due to the nature of

his criminal conviction, he received a lifetime bar on re-entering the United States. Id. at ¶ 9–10

(Page ID #48–49); R. 29 (Change of Plea Tr. at 25) (Page ID #105).
       
       The Honorable William H. Stafford, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Florida, sitting by designation.
No. 13-2558
United States v. Cortes-Jimenez


       Cortes-Jimenez re-entered the United States between six and twelve months after he was

deported. R. 23 (Pre-Sentence Report at ¶ 15) (Page ID #49). On July 15, 2013, Cortes-Jimenez

was arrested and charged with unlawful re-entry by an individual previously convicted of an

aggravated felony in violationchildhood at which the defendant began
       residing continuously in the United States, (2) whether and for how long the
       defendant attended school in the United States, (3) the duration of the defendant’s
       continued residence in the United States, (4) the duration of the defendant’s
       presence outside the United States, (5) the nature and extent of the defendant’s
       familial and cultural ties inside the United States, and the nature and extent of
       such ties outside the United States, (6) the seriousness of the defendant’s criminal
       history, and