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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Javier Mejia MACIAS, also known as Javier Macias, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 08-41291
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    July 29, 2009.
    James Lee Turner, Carmen Castillo Mitchell, Plaintiff-Appellee.
    
      H. Michael Sokolow, Marjorie A. Meyers, Timothy William Crooks, Defendant Appellant.
    Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Javier Mejia Macias (Mejia) appeals the 70-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction on one count of unlawfully attempting to reenter the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b). Finding no error, we affirm.

In calculating Mejia’s sentencing guidelines range of 70 to 87 months, the district court included a 16-level crime-of-violence enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A), based on Mejia’s prior California offense of willful infliction of corporal injury. Mejia contends that this offense, which falls under § 235(a) of the California Penal Code, does not qualify as a crime of violence. Thus, he argues, the district court committed reversible procedural error by imposing the enhancement based on the § 235(a) offense.

We have not had occasion to address whether this particular offense constitutes a crime of violence and we need not do so now. See United States v. Ruiz-Arriaga, 565 F.3d 280, 282 (5th Cir.2009). The district court made it clear that even if it was incorrect about the application of the enhancement, it would impose the same 70-month sentence. Our review of the record satisfies us that the district court properly imposed an alternative nonguide-lines sentence, giving proper consideration to the arguments of the parties and the information in the presentence report and providing sufficient reasons for the sentence it chose. See id.; United States v. Bonilla, 524 F.3d 647, 657-59 (5th Cir.2008), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 904, 173 L.Ed.2d 120 (2009).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.