Almazan-Becerra

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-10420 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-40212-DLJ

JULIO ALMAZAN-BECERRA,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California D. Lowell Jensen, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 10, 2008—San Francisco, California

Filed August 12, 2008

Before: Mary M. Schroeder and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and Valerie Baker Fairbank,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge N. R. Smith

*The Honorable Valerie Baker Fairbank, United States District Judge for the Central District of California, sitting by designation.

10475 10478 UNITED STATES v. ALMAZAN-BECERRA

COUNSEL

Amitai Schwartz, Emeryville, California, for defendant- appellant Julio Almazan-Becerra.

Barbara J. Valliere, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, California, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America. UNITED STATES v. ALMAZAN-BECERRA 10479

OPINION

N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The district court properly applied the modified categorical…