Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel SANDOVAL-SAUCEDO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-07-27
Citations: 235 F. App'x 500
Docket Number: No. 07-30015
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel SANDOVAL-SAUCEDO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HAWKINS and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 235
Pages: 500–501

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Manuel SANDOVAL-SAUCEDO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-30015.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 23, 2007.
Filed July 27, 2007.
Shawn N. Anderson, Esq., USYA — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Yakima, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Tracy A. Staab, Esq., FPDWA — Federal Public Defender’s Office, Spokane, WA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, HAWKINS and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
We have reviewed the record and the opening brief and conclude that the questions raised in this appeal are so insubstantial as not to require further argument. See United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 858 (9th Cir.1982) (per curiam) (stating standard). The United States Supreme Court's decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 247, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), remains binding on this court until the Court overrules it. See United States v. Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062, 1079 n. 16 (9th Cir.2005) (noting that this court remains bound by the Supreme Court's holding in Almendarez-Torres and that a district court may enhance a sentence on the basis of prior convictions, even if the fact of those convictions was not found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt). Further, where as here, the defendant admits to the date of the prior removal and the date of the prior conviction was readily available from judicially noticeable documents, "[t]he district court could, therefore, readily conclude that [defendant] was removed 'subsequent to' his prior conviction, without making any factual findings not apparent from the face of the conviction documents." See United States v. Beltran-Munguia, 489 F.3d 1042, 1053 (9th Cir.2007).
Accordingly, the government's unopposed motion for summary affirmance of the district court's judgment is granted.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.