Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert R. SOLOMON III, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-27
Citations: 700 F. App'x 682
Docket Number: No. 17-10042
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert R. SOLOMON III, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 700
Pages: 682–682

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert R. SOLOMON III, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 17-10042
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted October 23, 2017
Filed October 27, 2017
Owen Roth, Assistant U.S. Attorney, USSAC—Office of the US Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Carolyn M. Wiggin, Assistant Federal Public Defender, FPDCA—Federal Public Defender’s Office (Sacramento) Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before: LEAVY, WATFORD, and FRIEDLAND, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Robert R. Solomon III appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 37-month sentence 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). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Solomon contends that the district court improperly determined that his prior assault conviction under California Penal Code § 245(a)(4) was a "crime of violence" under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) and, therefore, improperly determined his base offense level. He acknowledges that this claim is foreclosed by our holding in United States v. Grajeda, 581 F.3d 1186, 1197 (9th Cir. 2009) (violation of section 245 "is categorically a crime of violence" under the elements clause). However, he argues that this holding has been undermined by Johnson v. United States, — U.S. —, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015). We disagree. Johnson held that the residual clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(ii), was unconstitutionally vague, and did not address the elements clause. See Johnson, 135 S.Ct. at 2563. Moreover, Johnson's holding had no effect on the advisory Guidelines. See Beckles v. United States, — U.S. —, 137 S.Ct. 886, 895, 197 L.Ed.2d 145 (2017). Finally, contrary to Solomon's contention, our decision in Grajeda is not "clearly irreconcilable" with Descamps v. United States, 570 U.S. 254, 133 S.Ct. 2276, 186 L.Ed.2d 438 (2013), or Mathis v. United States, — U.S. —, 136 S.Ct. 2243, 195 L.Ed.2d 604 (2016). See Miller v. Gammie, 335 F.3d 889, 900 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.