BRYAN JOHNSON V. USA, No. 18-35672 (9th Cir. 2019)

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FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SEP 25 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT BRYAN MARK JOHNSON, Petitioner-Appellant, No. 18-35672 D.C. Nos. 1:16-cv-00258-BLW 1:11-cr-00122-BLW-1 v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MEMORANDUM* Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho B. Lynn Winmill, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 18, 2019** Before: FARRIS, TASHIMA, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges. Bryan Mark Johnson appeals from the district court’s judgment denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. Reviewing de novo, see United States v. Jones, 877 F.3d 884, 886 (9th Cir. 2017), we affirm. * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Johnson contends that his convictions for federal bank robbery and armed bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d), are not predicate violent felonies under the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B), or crimes of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3). These arguments are foreclosed. See United States v. Watson, 881 F.3d 782, 786 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 203 (2018) (federal bank robbery and armed bank robbery by force and violence or by intimidation are categorically crimes of violence under the force clause of section 924(c)(3)); see also id. at 784 (because section 924(c)(3)’s force clause and section 924(e)(2)(B)’s force clause are “similarly worded,” cases interpreting one also apply to the other). Contrary to Johnson’s contention, Watson is not “clearly irreconcilable” with Stokeling v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 544 (2019). See Miller v. Gammie, 335 F.3d 889, 900 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc). In light of this disposition, we do not reach the government’s alternative argument. AFFIRMED. 2 18-35672

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