Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-22 18:00:59.868559+00
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FILED
                           NOT FOR PUBLICATION
                                                                              MAY 22 2023
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                            U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                        No.   21-50145

              Plaintiff-Appellee,                D.C. No.
                                                 3:20-cr-01684-LAB-1
 v.

MANUEL RODRIGUES-BARIOS,                         MEMORANDUM*

              Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Southern District of California
                    Larry A. Burns, District Judge, Presiding

                          Submitted December 8, 2022**
                              Pasadena, California

Before: BEA, IKUTA, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

      Manuel Rodrigues-Barios appeals his conviction for attempted illegal

reentry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. 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 Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
      Contrary to Rodrigues-Barios’s argument, 8 U.S.C. § 1326 does not violate

the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment. See United States v.

Carrillo-Lopez, No. 21-10233, __ F.4th __ (9th Cir. 2023). Therefore, the district

court did not err in denying Rodrigues-Barios’s motion to dismiss his information.1

      AFFIRMED.

      1
        Because Carrillo-Lopez determined, based on the relevant historical record,
that Congress did not enact § 1326 with a racially discriminatory motive, we
decline Rodrigues-Barios’s request to remand for an evidentiary hearing.
                                         2