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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hector CEBALLOS-CASTILLO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 13-50407.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 6, 2014.
    
    Filed June 10, 2014.
    Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, Karla Karen Davis, Assistant U.S., United States Attorney’s Office, Imperial, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Michael Marks, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: TROTT and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and CHEN, District Judge.
    
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
    
      
       The Honorable Edward M. Chen, District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Over Ceballos-Castillo’s objection, the district court enhanced by sixteen levels Ceballos-Castillo’s sentence for attempted reentry after removal. The district court applied the enhancement because it concluded that Ceballos-Castillo’s prior conviction under Oregon’s third degree rape statute, Or.Rev.Stat. § 163.355, was a categorical match for the generic federal definition of statutory rape and, therefore, a “crime of violence.” U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A).

While this appeal was pending, this court clarified that the generic federal definition of “statutory rape” includes as an element a four-year age difference between the victim and the defendant. United States v. Gomez, 732 F.3d 971 (9th Cir.2013), as amended United States v. Gomez, 757 F.3d 885, 2014 WL 1623725 (9th Cir. April 24, 2014). Because Oregon’s statutory rape law does not include this element, it is broader than the federal definition. Therefore, we vacate Ceballos-Castillo’s sentence and remand for resen-tencing.

Vacated and Remanded. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.