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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose VELASQUEZ-TRUJILLO, aka Ivan Andrade-Casares, aka Evan Andrade-Casares, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-30240.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted April 12, 2004.
    
    Decided April 16, 2004.
    Robert A. Ellis, Esq., USYA — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Yakima, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Lana C. Glenn, Esq., Law Office of Lana C.C. Glenn, Spokane, WA, for Defendant Appellant.
    Before: O’SCANNLAIN, RYMER and BEA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jose Velasquez-Trujillo appeals his 57-month sentence following a guilty-plea conviction for being an alien found in the United States after deportation and without permission, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a), and we affirm.

Velasquez-Trujillo contends that the district court failed to properly consider facts that would have warranted a downward departure. The district court specifically found that Velasquez-Trujillo’s case was not outside the heartland for either of the purposes he suggested, and declined to depart. We will not review the district court’s discretionary refusal to depart downward from the Guidelines where, as here, the district court recognized it had authority to depart and declined. See United States v. Lipman, 133 F.3d 726, 732 (9th Cir.1998).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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