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Parties Involved:
Nasir Jaleel Rahim
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of

Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1573

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Minnesota.

Nasir Jaleel Rahim, also known as *

Junero Antonio Smith, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: June 20, 2006

Filed: June 27, 2006

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Before MURPHY, BEAM, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Nasir Jaleel Rahim appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1

 upon his

guilty plea to drug and firearm charges. Rahim was sentenced as a career offender

under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1(a) (defendant is career offender if, among other things, he has

at least 2 prior convictions of either crime of violence or controlled substance

offense), based in part on a prior state felony conviction for auto theft. Rahim urges

this court to revisit our holding that auto theft is a crime of violence for purposes of

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section 4B1.1(a). See United States v. Barbour, 395 F.3d 826, 827-28 (8th Cir.), cert.

denied, 126 S. Ct. 133 (2005); United States v. Sprouse, 394 F.3d 578, 579-81 (8th

Cir. 2005); United States v. Sun Bear, 307 F.3d 747, 751-53 (8th Cir. 2002), cert.

denied, 539 U.S. 916 (2003). Only the court sitting en banc may do so. See United

States v. Wright, 22 F.3d 787, 788 (8th Cir. 1994). Accordingly, we affirm. 

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