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ARGUED FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Before KANNE, WOOD, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Erick Martinez was affiliated with the Latin Kings street gang throughout an extended period of his youth. During his time with the gang, Martinez sold crack cocaine in the Humboldt Park area of Chicago, activity that led to an arrest for crack distribution and drug conspiracy. In 2003, Martinez pled guilty to the conspiracy charge pursuant to a plea agreement. Rather than present himself for sentencing as planned, however, Martinez fled. Police caught up with him in 2008, and he again pled guilty-this time to the drug conspiracy and crack distribution charges. He was ultimately sentenced to 240 months’ incarceration. Martinez now challenges his sentence, claiming that the obstruction of justice adjustment he received was improper and that his term of incarceration is “just too much.” Because the obstruction adjustment was appropriate and the district court’s sentence was reasonable, we affirm Martinez’s sentence.

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