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T he pa ne l una ni m ous l yc onc l ude s thi s c a s e i s s ui t abl e f orde c i s i on ** w ith o u t o r a l a r g u m e n t. See F ed. R . A pp . P . 34 (a )( 2). NOT F OR P UB L I CAT I ON UN I TE D STATE S C OU RT OF APPE ALS FOR T HE NI NTH CI RC UI T UN I T E D S T AT E S OF AME R I C A, P l ai nt i ff

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A pp ea l fr om the U ni t ed S t at es D i stri ctC ou rt f o rth e N o rth e rn D is tr ic t o f C a lif o rn ia P hy l l i s J . H a m i l t on, D i s tr i c tJudge , P r e s i di ng S ubm i tt e d F e brua ry11, 2013 ** B efo re: F E RN A N D E Z , T A S H IM A , an dW A R D L A W , C i rcu i tJu d g es. Jua n R a m on P r a do L ope z appe a l s f r om the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s j udgm e nta nd c ha l l e nge s the 41- m onth s e nt e nc e i m pos e d f ol l ow i ng hi s gui l ty - pl e ac onvi c t i on f or b e in g ad e p o rte da lie n f o u n din th e U n ite dS ta te s , in v io la tio n o f 8 U .S .C . § 1 3 2 6 . 

# FI LED FEB 14 2 013 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS12- 10269 2 W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on unde r28 U . S . C . § 1291, a nd w e a f f i rm butr e m a nd t o the d is tr ic t c o u rt to c o rr e c t ac le r ic a l e rr o rin th e ju d g m e n t. P r a do L ope z c ont e nds tha tU . S . S . G . § 2L 1. 2( b) ( 1) ( A ) ’ s 16- l e ve l s e nt e nc i ng e n h a n c e m e n t is f

la w e db e c au s e it is n o t b a s e do n e m p ir ic a l e v id e n c e a n db e c au s e it u s e s p r io rc o n v ic tio n s in e s tab lis h in g a n o f f e n s e le v e l. T h is c o n te n tio n f a ils be c aus e thi s c ourtha s r e c ogni z e d tha tthe e nha nc e m e ntr e f l e c t s C ongr e s s ’ s i nt e nt to in c r e a s e p e n a ltie s f

o ra lie n s w ith p r io rc o n v ic tio n s . See U ni ted States v. R a m ir ez - G a r c ia , 26 9 F . 3d 94 5, 94 7-48 (9th C i r. 20 01 ). P r a d o L o p e z a ls o c o n te n d s th a t h is s e n te n c e is s u b s ta n tiv e lyu n r e a s o n ab le in l i ghtof hi s e m pl oy m e nthi s t orya nd c om m uni tys upport . T he di s tr i c tc ourtdi d not ab u s e its d is c r e tio n in im p o s in g L o p e z ’s s e n te n c e . See G al l v. U ni ted States , 552 U . S . 38, 51 ( 2007) . T he s e nt e nc e i s s ubs t a nt i ve l yr e a s onabl e i n l i ghtof the 18 U . S . C . § 3553( a ) s e nt e nc i ng f a c t or s a nd the t ot a l i tyof the c i r c um s t a nc e s , i nc l udi ng L o p e z ’s c r im in a l h is to rya n dp r io rd e p o rta tio n s . Se e i d. I n a c c or da nc e w i th U

ni ted States v. R i ve ra-San chez , 222 F . 3d 1057, 1062 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 0 ) , w e r e m a n dth e c a s e to th e d is tr ic t c o u rt w ith in s tru c tio n s th a t it d e le te f r o m th e ju d g m e n t th e in c o rr e c t r e f e r e n c e to 8 U .S .C . § 1 3 2 6 ( b ) . See U ni ted12- 10269 3 States v. H

erre ra-B lan co , 2 3 2 F .3 d7 1 5 , 7 1 9 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 0 ) ( r e m a n d in g s u as p o n te t o d el et e r ef

er ence § 1 32 6(b)). A F F IR M E D ; R E M A N D E D to corre ctth e j u d gm en t.