Heron-Salinas

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 08-50276 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No. 3:07-cr-02872-JM-

JUAN HERON-SALINAS,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Jeffrey T. Miller, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted May 6, 2009* Pasadena, California

Filed May 20, 2009

Before: John T. Noonan, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

*The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). COUNSEL

Jennifer L. Coon, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Nicole Acton Jones, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Appellate Sec- tion, Criminal Division, San Diego, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Juan Heron-Salinas appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss his indictment for attempted entry into the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Heron-Salinas…