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Submitted: May 13, 2011

Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Matthew Eric Linngren pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(2) and (b)(1) and 2256. The district court*fn1 determined that Linngren’s previous Minnesota conviction for criminal sexual conduct “relat[ed] to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, or abusive sexual conduct involving a minor,” and that § 2252(b)(1) thus mandated a sentence of no less than fifteen years. Linngren challenges his fifteen-year sentence, arguing that his Minnesota conviction does not trigger the enhanced mandatory sentence. We affirm.

 
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