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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Juan Carlos Chavez GOMEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 09-50246.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 27, 2011.
    
    Filed Sept. 29, 2011.
    Curtis Arthur Kin, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Michael J. Raphael, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Kurt J. Mayer, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    
      Before: HAWKINS, SILVERMAN and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Juan Carlos Chavez Gomez appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being an illegal alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Gomez contends that the district court erred by determining that his prior conviction for assault with a firearm, in violation of California Penal Code § 245(a)(2), constituted a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, because section 245(a)(2) does not contain the requisite intent or use of force. Gomez concedes, however, that this contention is foreclosed. See United States v. Grajeda, 581 F.3d 1186, 1191-97 (9th Cir. 2009); see also United States v. Heron-Salinas, 566 F.3d 898, 899 (9th Cir.2009).

As Gomez further concedes, his contentions concerning Almendarez-Torres are also foreclosed. See Grajeda, 581 F.3d at 1197 (holding that Almendarez-Torres is binding unless it is expressly overruled by the Supreme Court).

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