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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Curtis Anthony KNIGHT, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 09-30023.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Nov. 17, 2009.
    
    Filed Dec. 11, 2009.
    Aine Ahmed, Assistant U.S., USSP— Office of the U.S. Attorney, Spokane, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Matthew Campbell, Assistant Federal Public Defender, FPDWA — Federal Public Defender’s Office, Spokane, WA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: ALARCÓN, TROTT, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Curtis Anthony Knight appeals from the two concurrent 92-month sentences imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate and remand.

Knight contends, and the government concedes, that his sentence should be vacated in light of our intervening decision in United States v. Christensen, 559 F.3d 1092, 1094-95 (9th Cir.2009). We therefore vacate Knight’s sentence and remand for resentencing. See United States v. Jennings, 515 F.3d 980, 992-93 (9th Cir.2008) (holding that the modified categorical approach does not apply when the crime of conviction is missing an element of the generic crime).

In light of this disposition, we decline to address Knight’s contention that his sentence is substantively unreasonable.

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