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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio CAMPOS-CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 05-51740
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Dec. 12, 2006.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Suite B, El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Antonio Campos-Cruz appeals his guilty plea conviction for being found illegally in the United States and the sentence imposed following a remand and resentencing to a term of imprisonment of 77 months. Resentencing was ordered in light of the decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (1998).

Campos-Cruz argues for the first time on appeal that his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered because the district court did not advise him that he could be subject to a two-year maximum penalty if he was convicted under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). This issue was not raised in Campos-Cruz’s initial appeal and is not within the scope of the limited remand for resentencing. See United States v. Marmolejo, 139 F.3d 528, 531 (5th Cir. 1998). Nor has he shown that the determination of this issue was clearly erroneous or resulted in a manifest injustice, which are exceptions to the limited remand rule. See United States v. Matthews, 312 F.3d 652, 657 (5th Cir.2002). Thus, the court will not review this claim.

Campos-Cruz further argues for the first time on appeal that the district court erred in enhancing his sentence based on his prior drug-trafficking offense because the Government failed to show that he was actually the person who committed that offense. Campos-Cruz did not challenge the enhancement on this basis prior to his initial sentencing, and he did not raise this claim in his initial appeal. The determination of this issue was not affected by Booker and, thus, was not within the scope of the limited remand. See Marmolejo, 189 F.3d at 531. Nor has Campos-Cruz shown that this enhancement was clearly erroneous or resulted in a manifest injustice. See Matthews, 312 F.3d at 657. Thus, this claim is not subject to review.

Lastly, Campos-Cruz repeats his argument unsuccessfully made in his initial appeal that his sentence under § 1326(b) is unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). This argument should not be reconsidered in light of the law of the case doctrine. See United States v. Becerra, 155 F.3d 740, 752-53 (5th Cir.1998).

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.