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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Dexter T. DUKES, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 03-10536.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 5, 2005.
    
    Decided Dec. 12, 2005.
    Kimberly M. Frayn, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for PlaintiffAppellee.
    
      Kirk T. Kennedy, Esq., Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: GOODWIN, W. FLETCHER, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Federal prisoner Dexter T. Dukes appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846, and failure to appear pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3146(a)(1).

We dismiss in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2000) (stating that an appeal waiver is valid when it is entered into knowingly and voluntarily); see also United States v. Cardenas, 405 F.3d 1046, 1048 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that the changes in sentencing law imposed by United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), did not render waiver of appeal involuntary and unknowing).

DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.