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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Ray GRANT, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 05-10069.
    D.C. No. CR-03-00934-PGR.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Oct. 11, 2005.
    
    Decided Oct. 18, 2005.
    Emory T. Hurley, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Thomas E. Haney, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before NELSON, T.G., 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

Michael Ray Grant appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2). We dismiss the appeal.

Despite his knowing and unequivocal waiver of his right to appeal, Grant contends that the waiver should be excused because his sentence was imposed under mandatory sentencing guidelines declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court’s remedial opinion in United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). This claim is foreclosed by United States v. Cortez-Arias, 403 F.3d 1111, 1114 n. 8 (9th Cir.2005), as amended by 425 F.3d 547, 547-48 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that “a favorable change in the law does not entitle a defendant to renege on a knowing and voluntary guilty plea”).

DISMISSED. 
      
       This disposition, is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.