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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Juan CUEVAS-AVILA, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 05-10199.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Jan. 9, 2006.
    
    Decided Jan. 17, 2006.
    
      Before: HUG, O’SCANNLAIN and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Juan Cuevas-Avilas appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to unlawful reentry of a deported alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.

Cuevas-Avilas contends that the district court erred in enhancing his sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) based on a non-jury fact finding regarding his prior conviction. As Cuevas-Avila concedes, his contention is foreclosed by this court’s precedent, and he raises the issue only to preserve it should legal precedent change. See United States v. Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062, 1079 n. 16 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that we are bound to follow Almendarez-Torres, even though it has been called into question, unless it is explicitly overruled by the Supreme Court); United States v. Quintanar-Quintana, 383 F.3d 1052, 1053 (9th Cir.2004).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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