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o llo w in g r e m o v a l in v io la tio n o f 1 8 U .S .C . § § 1 3 2 6 ( a ) , ( b ) ( 2 ) . W e h a v e j u r i s d i c t i o n p u r s u a n tt o 2 8 U . S. C. § 1 2 9 1 , a n d w e a f f i rm. 1. In ca l cul at i ng R om er o-R od ri gu ez ’ s c ri m i nal hi st ory c at egory, the di stri ct c o u rt c o rr e c tlya d d e d tw o p o in ts e a c h f o rh is 1 9 9 9 a n d 2 0 0 5 s ta te c o n v ic tio n s . S ent enci ng G ui del i nes § 4A 1. 1(b) perm i tt ed the di stri ctcourtt o add tw o cri m i nal hi st ory poi nt s “ for e ac h p ri or se nt ence of i m pri sonm entof atl ea st60 days ” w hi ch R o m e r o - R o d r ig u e z a c tu a llys e rv e d . I n e a c h c a s e , th e L o s A n g e le s C o u n ty S upe r i orC ourti m pos e d apa rt i a l l ys us pe nde d s e nt e nc e w i th at e rm of i nc a r c e r a t i on of atl ea st60 days as a c on di t i on of prob at i on . R om er o-R od ri gu ez ac tual l y s erved t i m e i n j a i l f

orboth c onvi c t i ons . T he r e f or e , pur s ua ntt o U . S . S . G . § 4A 1. 1( b) , the d is tr ic t c o u rt p r o p e r lya s s ig n e d tw o p o in ts f o re a c h c o n v ic tio n . See U ni ted Stat es v . B uz o- Ze

pe da , 6 0 9 F .3 d 1 0 2 4 , 1 0 2 6 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 1 0 ) ; U ni te d State s v . Me ndoz aMoral es , 34 7 F . 3d 77 2, 77 8 (9th C i r. 20 03 ). 2. T he di s tr i c tc ourta l s o a dde d one poi ntf ora2008 s t a t e c onvi c t i on f or f e l ony tr a ns port a t i on of

m a r i j ua na , t o w hi c h R om e r o- R odr i gue z pl e d n o lo co n ten dre . T hi s w a s c orr e c t , a tthe t i m e . T he 2008 c a s e w a s di s m i s s e d w i thout e n try o f ju d g m e n t, h o w e v e r , s o th e a d d itio n a l p o in t is n o w im p r o p e r . See U ni ted S ta te s v . G u th r ie , 9 3 1 F .2 d 5 6 4 , 5 7 2 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 1 ) . N o n e th e le s s , th is e rr o ris3

harm l es s bec ause R om er o-R od ri gu ez re m ai ns i n the sa m e c ri m i nal hi st ory c a t e gory of

V , pl a c i ng hi m w i thi n the s a m e gui de l i ne s s e nt e nc i ng r a nge of 46 t o 57 m o n th s . See U . S. S. G § 5 A . Th e d i s tr i c tc o u rtth o r o u g h l yc o n s i d e r e d th e 1 8 U . S. C. § 3553( a ) f

a c t or s a nd s e nt e nc e d R om e r o- R odr i gue z t o 46 m onths , the l ow e s te nd of the rang e. T here fore , even w i tho utthe 20 08 conv i ct i on , these sam e § 35 53 (a ) f a c to r s w o u ld ap p lya n d th e d is tr ic t c o u rt w o u ld h a v e im p o s e d th e s a m e s e n te n c e . See W i l l i am s v . U

ni ted Stat es , 5 0 3 U .S . 1 9 3 , 2 0 3 ( 1 9 9 2 ) ; U n i ted S ta tes v. Cru zG r a m a jo , 570 F . 3d 1162, 1174 ( 9th C i r . 2009) . R om e r o- R odr i gue z ha s s how n no p r e ju d ic e . 3 . R o m e r o - R o d r ig u e z f a ile d to s h o w alik e lih o o d th a t h is s e n te n c e w o u ld have changed h ad hi s tri al coun se l obj ec t ed t o the ca l cul at i on of hi s c ri m i nal hi s t ory poi nt s , a nd the r e f or e the r e i s nota“ r e a s onabl e pr obabi l i tytha t , butf or coun se l ’ s unp rofe ss i on al errors , the re sul tof the proceedi ng w ou l d h ave been di ff er ent . ” Str i c kland v . W

as hi ngton , 46 6 U . S . 66 8, 69 4 (19 84 ). A FFI R M ED .