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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andres BARAJAS-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 04-3599.
    United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
    Aug. 17, 2005.
    
      Amanda A. Robertson, Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Stephen C. Williams, Office of the Federal Public Defender, East St. Louis, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before ROVNER, WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
   ORDER

Andres Barajas-Hernandez pleaded guilty to being present in the United States without authorization after having been deported following a conviction for an aggravated felony, 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2), and was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment. He filed an appeal challenging his sentence and on June 23, 2005, this court ordered a limited remand so that the district court could inform us whether it would have imposed the same sentence had it known the federal Sentencing Guidelines were not binding. See United States v. Paladino, 401 F.3d 471 (7th Cir.2005).

The district court judge has replied that he would impose the same sentence today knowing that the Guidelines are not mandatory. Therefore, we will affirm the original sentence so long as it was reasonable. See Paladino, 401 F.3d at 484.

We invited the parties to file any arguments concerning the appropriate disposition of the appeal in light of the district court’s decision. In response, BarajasHernandez has conceded that his sentence of 18 months is reasonable because it falls within the applicable Guidelines range. See United States v. Mykytiuk, 415 F.3d 606, 607 (7th Cir.2005) (stating that a sentence within the Guidelines is presumptively reasonable). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is

AFFIRMED.