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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincente LUNA-RAMIREZ, aka Vincent Luna, aka Ventura Macha-Luna, aka Vincente Luna, aka Vincent Ramirez-Luna, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-30157.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 8, 2003.
    
    Decided Dec. 12, 2003.
    
      James M. Peters, United States Attorney’s Office, Boise, ID, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Greg S. Silvey, Esq., Boise, ID, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before GOODWIN, WALLACE and MCKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Vincente Luna-Ramirez appeals the judgment imposing a 57-month sentence pursuant to a guilty-plea conviction for illegal re-entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.

Luna-Ramirez contends that the extent of the district court’s discretionary departure based on cultural assimilation was inadequate. Because we lack jurisdiction to review the extent of a downward departure, we dismiss the appeal. See United States v. Riggins, 40 F.3d 1055, 1058 (9th Cir.1994) (stating the extent to which a district court chooses to exercise its discretion to depart is not reviewable); United States v. Vizcarra-Angulo, 904 F.2d 22, 23 (9th Cir.1990) (“Defendants, however, may not appeal a sentence that falls below the guideline range because they are dissatisfied with the degree of departure imposed by the district court.”).

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.