Opinion ID: 3064486
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Text: This court reviews the “district court’s interpretation of the Sentencing Guidelines de novo, the district court’s application of the Sentencing Guidelines to the facts of [a] case for abuse of discretion, and the district court’s factual findings for clear error.” United States v. Alvarez-Hernandez, 478 F.3d 1060, 1063 (9th Cir. 2007) (quoting United States v. Cantrell, 433 F.3d 1269, 1279 (9th Cir. 2006)) (alteration in original). The district court’s assessment of prior convictions in calculating a defendant’s criminal history category is reviewed de novo. United States v. Dominguez, 316 F.3d 1054, 1056 (9th Cir. 2003). Because Franco-Flores objected to the district court’s calculation of his sentence, he preserved the issue on appeal. See United States v. Grissom, 525 F.3d 691, 694 (9th Cir. 2008). A material error in the district court’s calculation of the appropriate Guidelines range requires a remand for resentencing, unless the error was harmless. See Cantrell, 433 F.3d at 1280. “When, as here, the defendant has properly preserved the sentencing error, the burden on demonstrating harmlessness falls on the Government.” United States v. MejiaPimental, 477 F.3d 1100, 1109 (9th Cir. 2007). 2972 UNITED STATES v. FRANCO-FLORES