United States v. Frank Cordova-Gonzalez

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION OCT 03 2016 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 15-10342 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. 4:14-cr-01696-RM v. MEMORANDUM* FRANK CORDOVA-GONZALEZ, a.k.a. Frank Cordova, a.k.a. Frank Efraim Cordova, Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Rosemary Marquez, District Judge, Presiding Submitted September 27, 2016** Before: TASHIMA, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges. Frank Cordova-Gonzalez appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 18-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for * 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). reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. Cordova-Gonzalez argues that the district court erred in imposing a sixteen- level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) for his 2006 Nevada state court conviction for robbery pursuant to Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.380. We review de novo the district court’s determination that a defendant’s prior state court conviction qualifies as a crime of violence for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2. See United States v. Becerril-Lopez, 541 F.3d 881, 889 (9th Cir. 2008). Contrary to his contention, Cordova-Gonzalez’s argument is foreclosed by our decision in United States v. Harris, 572 F.3d 1065, 1066 (9th Cir. 2009) (“[A] conviction under Nev. Rev. Stat. § 200.380 categorically qualifies as a crime of violence.”). Furthermore, we note that the district court concluded that the 16-level enhancement required under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A) overstated Cordova- Gonzalez’s criminal history, and accordingly varied downward from a guidelines range of 41-51 months to impose an 18-month sentence. AFFIRMED. 2 15-10342