Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco Javier RIVERA-SUAZO, aka Damien Lopez, aka Spiderman, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-09-29
Citations: 450 F. App'x 684
Docket Number: No. 10-30353
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Francisco Javier RIVERA-SUAZO, aka Damien Lopez, aka Spiderman, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: HAWKINS, SILVERMAN and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 450
Pages: 684–685

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Francisco Javier RIVERA-SUAZO, aka Damien Lopez, aka Spiderman, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 10-30353.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 27, 2011.
Filed Sept. 29, 2011.
Christian S. Nafzger, Esquire, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Boise, ID, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Greg S. Silvey, Kuna, ID, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: HAWKINS, SILVERMAN and W. FLETCHER, 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
Francisco Javier Rivera-Suazo appeals the 240-month sentence imposed following his jury conviction of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A) and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we vacate the sentence and remand for resentencing.
As the government concedes, the district court erred when it considered Rivera-Suazo's state court conviction in calculating his criminal history instead of determining that the conviction was relevant conduct. Without the error, the Guidelines rage should have been 262-327 months, as opposed to 292-365 months. Under these circumstances, we cannot conclude that the court would have imposed the same sentence absent the Guidelines error. Accordingly, we vacate Rivera-Suazo's sentence and remand for resen-tencing so that the district court's analysis can proceed from "an initial determination of the correct Guidelines range." United States v. Munoz-Camarena, 631 F.3d 1028, 1031 (9th Cir.2011) (per curiam); see also United States v. Hammons, 558 F.3d 1100, 1105-06 (9th Cir.2009) (district court's failure to calculate the correct Guidelines range was plain error).
Because we are remanding on the basis of an error in the Guidelines calculations, we need not reach Rivera-Suazo's arguments that the district court erred by running the instant sentence consecutive to the sentence for the state. See Munoz-Camarena, 631 F.3d at 1031.
SENTENCE VACATED and REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.