Lomeli-Mences

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 07-50452 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-07-00075-SGL

HUGO ARMANDO LOMELI-MENCES,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen G. Larson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 3, 2009—Pasadena, California

Filed May 28, 2009

Before: Harry Pregerson, Susan P. Graber, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Graber

6299 6302 UNITED STATES v. LOMELI-MENCES

COUNSEL

Robison D. Harley, Jr., Santa Ana, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Jerry A. Behnke, Assistant United States Attorney, Riverside, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Hugo Armando Lomeli-Mences pleaded guilty to entering the United States after having been deported, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). On appeal, he raises two arguments challenging the district court’s calcula- tion of his sentence under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”): (1) the district court…