USA V. EDWIN HERRERA-RAMIREZ, No. 14-10481 (9th Cir. 2015)
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT NOV 23 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 14-10481 D.C. No. 4:14-cr-00687-JGZ v. MEMORANDUM* EDWIN OSWALDO HERRERARAMIREZ, a.k.a. Edwin Oswaldo Herrera, a.k.a. Edwin Herrera-Ramirez, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding Submitted November 18, 2015** Before: TASHIMA, OWENS, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges. Edwin Oswaldo Herrera-Ramirez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 60-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for reentry of a removed alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. Herrera-Ramirez challenges the district court’s imposition of the 16-level sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. §2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii). Because HerreraRamirez did not object below, we review for plain error. See United States v. Gonzalez-Aparicio, 663 F.3d 419, 426-28 (9th Cir. 2011). The district court did not plainly err by concluding that Herrera-Ramirez’s conviction for assault with a deadly weapon, in violation of Nevada Revised Statutes § 200.471, constituted a categorical “crime of violence” for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii). See Camacho-Cruz v. Holder, 621 F.3d 941, 943 (9th Cir. 2010) (section 200.471 constitutes a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 16(a)); United States v. Grajeda, 581 F.3d 1186, 1190-91 (9th Cir. 2009) (reasoning of cases addressing the “crime of violence” definition under 18 U.S.C. § 16(a) applies to cases involving U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2). As such, no modified categorical analysis was required. See Grajeda, 581 F.3d at 1189. Further, the district court did not err by failing to consider the length of Herrera-Ramirez’s prior term of imprisonment; the Guideline does not define “crime of violence” by reference to the length of the defendant’s sentence. See U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) & cmt. n.1(B)(iii). AFFIRMED. 2 14-10481
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