Jose Gubiensio-Ortiz v. Al Kanahele, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center San Diego, California, United States of America v. Raul Chavez-Sanchez

871 F.2d 104, 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 4169

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: March 31, 1989
• Docket: 88-5848
• Status: Published

Opinion

871 F.2d 104

Jose GUBIENSIO-ORTIZ, Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
Al KANAHELE, Warden, Metropolitan Correctional Center San
Diego, California, Respondent-Appellee.
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Raul CHAVEZ-SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellee.

Nos. 88-5848, 88-5109.

United States Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit.

Submitted March 2, 1989.
Decided March 31, 1989.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court.

Before WIGGINS, BRUNETTI, KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On August 23, 1988, we held the Sentencing Guidelines, challenged in these cases, to be unconstitutional (Wiggins, dissenting). On January 23, 1989, the Supreme Court simultaneously granted a petition for writ of certiorari and vacated the judgment, remanding to this court for further consideration in light of Mistretta v. United States, 488 U.S. ----, 109 S.Ct. 647, 102 L.Ed.2d 714 (1988). United States v. Chavez-Sanchez, --- U.S. ----, 109 S.Ct. 859, 102 L.Ed.2d 984 (1989) vacating Gubiensio-Ortiz v. Kanahele, 857 F.2d 1245 (1988). In Mistretta, the Supreme Court upheld the Sentencing Guidelines against the same Constitutional challenges that we considered in the instant case.

Upon reconsideration in light of Mistretta, we affirm Gubiensio-Ortiz v. United States, No. 88-5848. In United States v. Chavez-Sanchez, 88-5109, we reverse and remand for resentencing under the guidelines.