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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tony ray WASHINGTON, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-21063.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Oct. 26, 2004.
    James Lee Turner, John Richard Berry, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Raquel, Kathy Wilson, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Tony Ray Washington appeals the sentence imposed on remand for resentencing following his conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He argues that: the sentence imposed by the district court violated his due process rights because the sentence was vindictive, the district court erred by adding a six-level increase to his total offense level based on facts not proven at trial nor stipulated to by him, the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress the evidence, the district court erred by adding a four-level increase to his total offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(5), and the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction.

Washington may not bring a vindictiveness claim because his sentence on remand is lower than his original sentence. See United States v. Moore, 997 F.2d 30, 38 (5th Cir.1993). Washington’s argument regarding the increase in his total offense level, which is based on the Supreme Court’s decision in Blakely v. Washington, -U.S.-,-, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 2537, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), is foreclosed by this court’s decision in United States v. Pineiro, 377 F.3d 464, 465-66 (5th Cir.2004), petition for cert. filed, (U.S. July 14, 2004) (No. 03-30437). The “law of the case” doctrine precludes review of his remaining arguments. See United States v. Becerra, 155 F.3d 740, 752 (5th Cir.1998). Accordingly, the judgment is AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.