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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Humberto Lozano VALDOBINOS, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 04-30411.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Oct. 11, 2005.
    
    Decided Oct. 21, 2005.
    Vincent T. Lombardi, Esq., Sarah Y. Vogel, Esq., USSE - Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Nancy L. Talner, Esq., Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: T.G. NELSON, WARDLAW, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Humberto Lozano Valdobinos appeals the 97-month sentence imposed after his guilty plea conviction for distribution of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we remand.

Because Lozano Valdobinos was sentenced under the then-mandatory Sentencing Guidelines, and we cannot reliably determine from the record whether the sentence imposed would have been materially different had the district court known that the Guidelines were advisory, we remand to the sentencing court to answer that question, and to proceed pursuant to United States v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1084 (9th Cir.2005) (en banc). See United States v. Moreno-Hernandez, 419 F.3d 906, 916 (9th Cir.2005) (extending Ameline’s limited remand procedure to cases involving non-constitutional Booker error).

REMANDED. 
      
       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.