Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio QUIROS-ACOSTA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-12-13
Citations: 53 F. App'x 450
Docket Number: No. 02-50034; D.C. No. CR-01-02718-BTM
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio QUIROS-ACOSTA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 53
Pages: 450–451

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Julio QUIROS-ACOSTA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 02-50034.
D.C. No. CR-01-02718-BTM.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 4, 2002.
Decided Dec. 13, 2002.
Before D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for submission without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable William W Schwarzer, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Julio Quiros-Acosta appeals his conviction for possession of marijuana with in tent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841, arguing that the district court erred in applying a two-level upward adjustment to his sentence for using a minor to commit the offense pursuant to United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 3B1.4. We affirm.
We reject Quiros-Acosta's contention that the upward adjustment under § 3B1.4 requires a minor's active participation in a federal crime. United States v. CastroHernandez, 258 F.3d 1057, 1060 (9th Cir. 2001), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 1167, 122 S.Ct. 1185, 152 L.Ed.2d 126 (2002) (holding that "[i]t is sufficient that the defendant took affirmative steps to involve a minor in a manner that furthered or was intended to further the commission of the offense.").
Quiros-Acosta admitted that he affirmatively acted to involve his three minor children in the offense to make it easier for him to get across the border, hoping that doing so would decrease his chances of being stopped by customs agents. While "mere presence" of a minor is insufficient to support the application of § 3B1.4, United States v. Jimenez, 300 F.3d 1166, 1170 (9th Cir.2002), Quiros-Acosta's "affirmative steps" to involve his minor children in the commission of the offense brings him within § 3B1.4.
We reject Quiros-Acosta's invitation to call for an en banc hearing on this case because there is no intra-circuit conflict and he has failed to demonstrate that Castro-Hemandez was wrongly decided.
AFFIRMED.
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