United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's sentence for being a deported alien found in the United States is affirmed over his claim that his conviction for the unlawful taking of a vehicle does not constitute an aggravated felony under the US Sentencing Guidelines.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/20/2007
• Decided 10/24/2005
• Published 10/24/2005

Judges

• Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Circuit Judge, STEPHEN REINHARDT, ALEX KOZINSKI, HAWKINS, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, JAY S. BYBEE, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Vincent J. Brunkow, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for the appellant., Christopher J. Meade, Janet R. Carter, Shauna Burgess, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, New York, NY, as amicus curiae in support of appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Karen P. Hewiit, U.S. Attorney, Bruce R. Castetter, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Mark R. Rehe, Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for the appellee.