Opinion
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding.
Before KOZINSKI, T.G. NELSON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
Ignacio Alcala-Ramos appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a deported alien found in the United States in violation 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). Alcala-Ramos contends that in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), the district court should not have imposed a sentence greater than the two-year maximum set forth in § 1326(a) based on Alacala-Ramos' prior aggravated felony because that felony was neither charged in the indictment nor admitted at the change of plea. This contention is foreclosed by United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2000), cert. denied, 532 U.S. 966, 121 S.Ct. 1503, 149 L.Ed.2d 388 (2001).
AFFIRMED.