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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Angel Olvidio ESCOBAR SABALLOS, a.k.a. Angel Ovido Escobar, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 12-10194.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted April 16, 2013.
    
    Filed April 22, 2013.
    Bradley William Giles, Assistant U.S., Peter Stuart Levitt, Esquire, Assistant U.S., USLV-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Mario D. Valencia, Esquire, Mario D. Valencia, Attorney at Law, Henderson, NV, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: CANBY, IKUTA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Angel Olvidio Escobar Saballos appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 120-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846; and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(A)(viii). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Escobar Saballos contends, and the government agrees, that the district court procedurally erred by miscalculating his base offense level. We review for plain error, see United States v. Hammons, 558 F.3d 1100, 1103 (9th Cir.2009), and find no grounds for reversal. The error had no effect on Escobar Saballos’s substantial rights because the district court imposed the statutory mandatory minimum sentence. See United States v. Dallman, 533 F.3d 755, 761-62 (9th Cir.2008).

Escobar Saballos also contends that the district court erred by assigning him two criminal history points under U.S.S.G. § 4Al.l(d). We review for plain error, see Hammons, 558 F.3d at 1103, and find none. The district court appropriately relied on the presentence report’s undisputed statement regarding the expiration date of Escobar Saballos’s state probation term in calculating his criminal history. See United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1085 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc).

Finally, Escobar Saballos contends that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the Guidelines calculations and for failing to move for retroactive termination of probation. We decline to address these contentions on direct appeal. See United States v. Benford, 574 F.3d 1228, 1231 (9th Cir.2009).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.