Dominguez-Maroyoqui

United States v. Dominguez-Maroyoqui

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155 F. App'x 280
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitNovember 21, 2005No. 04-50375; D.C. No. CR-03-03534-BTMCalifornia380 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Dominguez-Maroyoqui appeals the district court’s imposition of a 16-level crime of violence enhancement for his prior 18 U.S.C. § 111 assault conviction. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we do not recite them in detail. We affirm.

In 1996, Dominguez-Maroyoqui was convicted of assaulting a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 . In 2003, he was convicted of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . At the sentencing hearing, the district court determined that Dominguez-Maroyoqui’s earlier § 111 assault conviction could serve as the basis for a 16-level crime of violence sentencing enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2.

Dominguez-Maroyoqui claims that his earlier assault conviction was not aggravated enough to merit a 16-level enhancement. The district court correctly found that Dominguez-Maroyoqui’s conviction for felony forcible assault on a federal officer fell within the Guidelines’ definition of crime of violence. 1 As long as the prior conviction was for a felony assault, the Guidelines do not require any particular level of aggravation or degree of assault to merit a crime of violence enhancement. See U.S. v. Pimentel-Flores, 339 F.3d 959, 966 (9th…

Concurring Opinion

Tashima, J.

I concur in the disposition with the understanding that appellant has not asked for and we are not reviewing the sentence, including the extent of the downward departure, for “unreasonableness.” See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 , 125 S.Ct. 738, 767 , 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005) (“The courts of appeals review sentencing decisions for unreasonableness.”).

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