Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. Ernest WAYNE, a/k/a Miguel Angel Corraliza Sanchez, Defendant- Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-06
Citations: 329 F. App'x 126
Docket Number: No. 07-55161
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff — Appellee, v. Ernest WAYNE, a/k/a Miguel Angel Corraliza Sanchez, Defendant— Appellant.
Judges: Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 329
Pages: 126–127

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff — Appellee, v. Ernest WAYNE, a/k/a Miguel Angel Corraliza Sanchez, Defendant— Appellant.
No. 07-55161.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 16, 2009.
Filed July 6, 2009.
Michael J. Raphael, Esq., USLA-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Michael R. Belter, Esq., Michael R. Bel-ter Law Offices, Pasadena, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Federal prisoner Ernest Wayne appeals from the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253. We review de novo. See United States v. Rodrigues, 347 F.3d 818, 823 (9th Cir.2003). We reverse and remand for resentencing.
Wayne contends that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel because his counsel failed to object to a career offender enhancement at sentencing and on appeal. Wayne's conviction under California Health & Safety Code § 11352 does not categorically qualify as a predicate conviction for a career offender enhancement, see United States v. Kovac, 367 F.3d 1116, 1119 (9th Cir.2004), and the record does not contain the documentation required by Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13, 24, 125 S.Ct. 1254, 161 L.Ed.2d 205 (2005). In these circumstances, counsel's failure to object fell "below an objective standard of reasonableness." See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 688, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Moreover, Wayne has demonstrated a reasonable probability that the district court would not have applied the enhancement had Wayne's counsel objected.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.