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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Ray HALL, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 04-20326.
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Dec. 16, 2004.
    Mitchel Neurock, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Laredo, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Richard 0. Ely, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Margaret Christina Ling, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Sarny K. Khalil, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before KING, Chief Judge, and DeMOSS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Kevin Ray Hall was convicted after a jury trial of being a felon in possession of a firearm. We previously remanded to the district court for resentencing, and Hall appeals from that proceeding.

Hall argues, relying on Blakely v. Washington, — U.S.-, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), that the district court plainly erred by increasing his offense level by two levels based on the district court’s finding that the firearm had been stolen. He also contends that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to establish that the firearm that he possessed traveled in or affected interstate commerce. Hall concedes that these arguments are foreclosed but raises them to preserve further review.

In United States v. Pineiro, 377 F.3d 464, 465-66 (5th Cir.2004), petition for cert. filed (U.S. July 14, 2004) (No. 04-5263), this court held that Blakely does not apply to the federal sentencing guidelines. Therefore, Hall’s sentencing argument is foreclosed.

Hall unsuccessfully raised the interstate commerce issue in his prior appeal. See United States v. Hall, 88 Fed.Appx. 28, No. 03-20573 (5th Cir. Feb. 12, 2004) (unpublished). This issue is barred by the law of the case doctrine. See United States v. Lee, 358 F.3d 315, 320 (5th Cir.2004).

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.