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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        SEP 1 2015
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No. 13-50544

               Plaintiff - Appellee,             D.C. No. 2:12-cr-01053-R

     v.
                                                 MEMORANDUM*
 GOSADA MUNOZ, a.k.a. Tiny,

               Defendant - Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Central District of California
                    Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding

                           Submitted August 25, 2015**

Before:      McKEOWN, CLIFTON, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.

      Gosada Munoz appeals the 60-month sentence imposed following his guilty-

plea conviction for being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, in

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291,

and we vacate and remand for resentencing.

      *
             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. App. P. 34(a)(2).
      Munoz contends that the district court violated Federal Rule of Criminal

Procedure Rule 32(i)(1)(A) by failing to verify that he had reviewed and discussed

the presentence report with counsel. The record reflects, and the government

acknowledges, that the court failed to comply with Rule 32(i)(1)(A). See United

States v. Soltero, 510 F.3d 858, 862-63 (9th Cir. 2007). Munoz represents that he

did not have the opportunity to review the revised presentence report materials and

identifies arguments that he would have presented to the court if he had been given

the opportunity. Accordingly, we cannot say that the error was harmless. See id.

at 863. We, therefore, vacate and remand for resentencing.

      Because it will be relevant on remand, we also address Munoz’s contention

that the district court erred by determining that his prior conviction for assault with

a deadly weapon is a crime of violence under U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a)(2). Munoz’s

argument is foreclosed. See United States v. Grajeda, 581 F.3d 1186, 1197 (9th

Cir. 2009) (assault with a deadly weapon, in violation of California Penal Code

§ 245(a)(1), “is categorically a crime of violence”). Contrary to Munoz’s

contention, the holding of Grajeda was not abrogated by Ceron v. Holder, 747
F.3d 773 (9th Cir. 2014) (en banc). See United States v. Jimenez-Arzate, 781 F.3d
1062, 1064 (9th Cir. 2015) (per curiam).

      VACATED and REMANDED for resentencing.

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