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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorenzo ORNELAS-QUINTERO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 05-30304.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted May 15, 2006.
    
    Filed May 19, 2006.
    Jack B. Haycock, Esq., USPO-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Pocatello, ID, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Nicolas V. Vieth, Esq., Federal Defender’s of Eastern Washington & Idaho, Pocatello, ID, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: B. FLETCHER, TROTT and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Lorenzo Ornelas-Quintero appeals from the 30-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Ornelas-Quintero contends that the district court erred in imposing an enhancement for a prior aggravated felony pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2. Specifically, Ornelas-Quintero contends that his 1994 conviction under Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11350(a) was not an aggravated felony. Because a violation of Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11350(a) is punishable by more than one year imprisonment, we conclude that the district court properly determined that Ornelas-Quintero’s prior conviction was an aggravated felony. See CaLPenal Code § 18; United States v. Rios-Beltran, 361 F.3d 1204, 1209-10 (9th Cir.2004).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.