Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco NAVARRO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-12-13
Citations: 259 F. App'x 924
Docket Number: No. 06-50618
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco NAVARRO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 259
Pages: 924–925

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco NAVARRO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-50618.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Oct. 16, 2007.
Filed Dec. 13, 2007.
Luella M. Caldito, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for PlaintiffAppellee.
John C. Lemon, Esq., San Diego, CA for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: FERNANDEZ and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, District Judge.
The Honorable Raner C. Collins, United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Francisco Navarro appeals the district court's decision that he was not safety- valve eligible. Navarro did not waive his ability to appeal safety-valve eligibility in his plea agreement because that appellate waiver was contingent on Navarro's safety-valve eligibility.
We review a district court's interpretation of the Sentencing Guidelines de novo and its application of the Sentencing Guidelines to the facts for abuse of discretion. United States v. Kimbrew, 406 F.3d 1149, 1151 (9th Cir.2005).
The district court improperly awarded Navarro three criminal history points. A sentence for a misdemeanor listed under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(c)(1) counts as a criminal justice sentence only if the term of probation actually imposed is more than one year. See U.S. v. Gonzales, 506 F.3d 940 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc). At the time of his arrest, Navarro was serving a three year probation sentence for driving without a license imposed by the state court. However, at the time of the sentencing the state court had terminated the sentence nunc pro tunc to the day before he was arrested. As a result of the nunc pro tunc order, Navarro received only six-month probation for driving without a license. A six month probation sentence for driving without a license is not a criminal justice sentence. See U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(c)(l)(A). Therefore, Navarro never served a countable criminal justice sentence and hence could not commit the instant offense under a criminal justice sentence. See U.S.S.G. § 4Al.l(d). As such, Navarro should have been awarded zero criminal history points and found safety-valve eligible.
Therefore, we VACATE Navarro's sentence and REMAND to the district court for resentencing.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.