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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose CERVANTES, Appellant.
    No. 05-1994.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted: Feb. 7, 2006.
    Decided: Feb. 8, 2006.
    Andrew R. Winter, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellee.
    
      Jose Cervantes, Anoka, MN, pro se.
    Kevin M. O’Brien, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellant.
    Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
   [UNPUBLISHED]

PER CURIAM.

Jose Cervantes appeals the 120-month concurrent prison sentences the district court imposed after Cervantes pleaded guilty to a drug-conspiracy charge and a charge for aiding and abetting drug possession with intent to distribute. Cervantes argues the court erroneously assessed a total of three criminal-history points, thus rendering him ineligible for safety-valve relief under U.S.S.G. § 5C1.2.

Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude the district court’s calculation was correct. Contrary to Cervantes’s argument, the district court properly assessed two criminal-history points because it is undisputed a valid warrant for a probation violation existed at the time Cervantes committed the crimes in this ease. See U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(m) (defendant who commits instant offense while, e.g., probation violation warrant is outstanding is deemed under a criminal justice sentence for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 4Al.l(d)). Accordingly, we affirm. 
      
       The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.