Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2012-02-23 01:04:21+00
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FILED
                            NOT FOR PUBLICATION                                FEB 22 2012

                                                                          MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                         U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

                             FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                         No. 11-10092

               Plaintiff - Appellee,              D.C. No. 4:10-cr-01809-FRZ

  v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM *
RAFAEL MOLINA-MARTINEZ,

               Defendant - Appellant.

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the District of Arizona
                     Frank R. Zapata, District Judge, Presiding

                            Submitted February 21, 2012 **

Before:        FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

       Rafael Molina-Martinez appeals from the 57-month sentence imposed

following his jury-trial conviction for reentry after deportation, in violation of 8

U.S.C. § 1326(a). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

          *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
          **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. Appellant. P. 34(a)(2).
      Molina-Martinez contends that the district court erred when it applied a 16-

level enhancement, under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, because his prior conviction for lewd

or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age, in violation of Cal. Penal

Code § 288(a), does not qualify as a crime of violence. He contends that United

States v. Baron-Medina, 187 F.3d 1144, 1147 (9th Cir. 1999), holding that a

violation of Cal. Penal Code § 288(a) is categorically a crime of violence, is

inconsistent with Johnson v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 1265 (2010). This

contention lacks merit. See United States v. Orozco-Acosta, 607 F.3d 1156, 1166

(9th Cir. 2010) (citing United States v. Medina-Villa, 567 F.3d 507 (9th Cir.

2009)). Accordingly, we decline Molina-Martinez’s invitation that we seek en

banc review of this issue.

      AFFIRMED.

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