N O T FO R PUB L ICAT IO N UNITED STATES C OUR T OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH C IR C UIT
UNITED STATES OF AM ERIC A, Plaintiff - Appe lle e , v. M ANUEL M O RENO VALDEZ, AKA R obe rt Guz m an, AKA M anue l M ore no, AKA M anue l Va l de z M ore no, AKA M anue l Va l de z M orre ro, AKA JoseOrtiz , AKA M anue l Va l de z , AKA M ore no Va lde z , De fe nda

nt - Appe lla

nt. No. 13-50322

D.C . No. 2:13-c r-00081-AB C -1
M EM O R ANDUM *

Appe a l from

the Unite d

Stat e s Distric t C ourt for the C e ntra l Distric t of C a lifornia Audre y B . C ollins, District Judge , Pre siding Argue d and Subm i tte d

Oc tobe r 8, 2014 Pa sa de n a , C a l ifornia B e fore : PREGER SON, TALLM AN, a nd B EA, C irc uit Judge s. De fe nda nt-Appe lla

nt M a nue l M ore no Va lde z ple a de d guilty to ille ga lly

re e nte ring the Unite d State s a fte r re m ova l. 8 U.S.C . § 1326(a) (2012). M o re no 

# FIL ED OCT 27 2014 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U
. S
. CO URT O F APPEALS

* This disposition is not a ppropria te for public at ion a

nd is not pre c e de nt e xc e pt a s provide d

by 9th C ir. R . 36-3.a

ppe a ls his sente nc e . W e re vie w the distric t c ourt’ s fa c tua l findings a t se nte nc ing for c l e ar e rror, an d we a ffirm
. Unite d State s v . Alv arado-Martine

z , 556 F.3d 732, 734 (9th C i r. 2009). In the distric t c ourt, M ore no obje c te d to thec a lc ulation of his c rim ina l history , whic h re lie d

on C a lifornia

De pa rtm e nt of C orre c t ions (C DC ) re c o rds de ta iling M ore no’ s m ove m e nt in theprison sy ste m . M ore n o a rgue s tha t the distric t
c ourt c om m itte d c le ar e rror in finding tha t in 1998 M ore no suffe re d a pa role
re voc ation for a

1996 c onvic tion be c a

use the C D C re c ords we re not suffic ie nt to prove that M ore n o’ s pa

role for the 1996 c onvic tion wa s e ve r re voke d. 1 W e disa gre e . The C DC re c ords we re suffic ie nt to support, by a pre p onde ranc e of the e vide nc e , the distric t c ourt’ s finding tha t M ore no’ s pa

role for the 1 996 c onvic t ion wa s re voke d. Alv arado-Martine z , 556 F.3d a

t 736. M ore no doe s not c onte st tha

t the C DC re c ords re c ord his m ove m e nts whileim prisone d. Nor doe s M ore no a

rgue tha t he wa s not in custody

in 1998. Rathe r, M ore no a rgue s that the re c ords a

re insuffic ie nt to provetha t his pa role , whic h

wa s gra nte d pursua nt to his 1996 c onvic tion, wa s re voke d. The C DC re c o rds show by a

1 Unle ss M ore n o’ s pa

role for the 1996 c onvic tion wa s re v oke d a fte r De c e m b e r 22, 1997, the

1996 c onvic tion did not fa ll within the

15-y e ar pe riod re le va nt to his c rim ina l history

unde r Se nte nc i ng Guide l ine s § 4A1.2(e ) and c ould not be c o nside re d

in thec a lc ulation of M ore no’ s c rim ina l history
.

2pre p onde ranc e of the e vide nc e tha t M ore no wa s ta

ke n into c u stody

on Fe brua

ry 19, 1998, a nd tha t on his re le a se on August 26, 1998, he wa s “ re turne d to pa

role .” The re fore , the distric t c ourt did not c le arly e rr whe n it found tha

t M ore no’ s pa

role , grante d a fte r he wa s inc arc e rate d pursua nt to his 1996 m

e tha m phe tam ine
c onvic tion, wa s re voke d in 1998. Ac c ordingly , the distric t c ourt’ s a s signm e nt of
c rim ina l history points for the 1996 c onvic t ion is AFFIRM E D
.

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