Gomez-Valdovinos

United States v. Gomez-Valdovinos

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196 F. App'x 482
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 1, 2006No. 04-50567California276 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Gerardo Gomez-Valdovinos appeals from the 57-month sentence imposed after his guilty-plea conviction for being an illegal alien found in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 .

Gomez-Valdovinos’ contention that the district court’s condition of supervised release requiring him to report to his probation officer within 72 hours of reentry into the United States violates the Fifth Amendment is foreclosed by this court’s opinion in United States v. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, 441 F.3d 767, 772-73 (9th Cir.2006).

Because Gomez-Valdovinos was sentenced under the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines, and we cannot reliably determine from the record whether the sentence imposed would have been materially different had the district court known that the Guidelines were advisory, we remand to the district court to answer that question, and to proceed pursuant to United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1084 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). See United States v. Moreno-Hernandez, 419 F.3d 906, 916 (9th Cir.2005) (extending Ameline’s limited remand procedure to cases involving non-constitutional error under United States v.…

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