UNITED STATES v. BATES (2018)

MEMORANDUM **

Federal prisoner Robert Arthur Bates appeals from the district court's order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. Reviewing de novo, see United States v. Reves, 774 F.3d 562, 564 (9th Cir. 2014), we affirm.

In his section 2255 motion, Bates argued that, in light of Johnson v. United States, ––– U.S. ––––, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), his conviction for carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119, is no longer a crime of violence for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). In United States v. Gutierrez, this Court held that the federal offense of carjacking is “categorically a crime of violence under § 924(c)” because it “necessarily entails the threatened use of violent physical force.” 876 F.3d 1254, 1257 (9th Cir. 2017), cert. denied, ––– U.S. ––––, 138 S.Ct. 1602, 200 L.Ed.2d 785 (2018). As Bates concedes in his reply brief, this decision forecloses his argument.

AFFIRMED.