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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Rodolfo SANDOVAL-VALENCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 03-10429.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 13, 2004.
    
    Decided April 23, 2004.
    Beverly K Anderson, Nathan D. Leonardo, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Evo A. DeConcini, U.S. Courthouse, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Thomas Jacobs, Esq., Law Offices of Thomas Jacobs, Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: T.G. NELSON, W. FLETCHER, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Rodolfo Sandoval-Valencia appeals the district court’s imposition of a sixteen-level increase in the range prescribed by the United States Sentencing Guidelines based on his Washington State conviction for third-degree rape. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a) and we affirm. We see no meaningful distinction between this case and United States v. Pereira-Salmeron- Accordingly, we affirm.

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     
      
      . 337 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir.2003).