Salazar-Gonzalez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 04-50411 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-04-00182-MJL

GUMERCINDO SALAZAR-GONZALEZ,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California M. James Lorenz, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 8, 2005—Pasadena, California

Filed April 21, 2006

Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Pamela A. Rymer and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Fisher; Concurrence by Judge Rymer

4533 4536 UNITED STATES v. SALAZAR-GONZALEZ

COUNSEL

Vincent J. Brunkow, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Shanna L. Dougherty, Assistant United States Attorney, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee. UNITED STATES v. SALAZAR-GONZALEZ 4537

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Gumercindo Salazar-Gonzalez (“Salazar-Gonzalez”) appeals his conviction for being found in the United States without the consent of the Attorney Gen- eral in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We…