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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Francisco RAYGOZA-AGUAYO, Appellant.
    No. 01-3939.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted April 24, 2002.
    Decided April 26, 2002.
    Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Francisco Raygoza-Aguayo pleaded guilty to illegal reentry following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b), and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and 2 years supervised release. On appeal, he challenges the district court’s failure to grant a downward departure based on his status as an alien subject to removal.

As Raygoza acknowledges, his argument is foreclosed by United States v. Cardosa-Rodriguez, 241 F.3d 613, 614 (8th Cir.2001) (deportable aliens’ ineligibility for Bureau of Prisons benefits does not provide basis for downward departure in illegal-reentry cases).

Accordingly, we affirm.

A true copy. 
      
      . The HONORABLE ROBERT W. PRATT, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.