Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge VILLEGAS-CAVADA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-08-20
Citations: 235 F. App'x 569
Docket Number: No. 07-30036
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge VILLEGAS-CAVADA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 235
Pages: 569–570

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge VILLEGAS-CAVADA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-30036.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 13, 2007 .
Filed Aug. 20, 2007.
Byron G. Chatfield, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Eugene, OR, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Tonia L. Moro, Esq., Federal Public Defender’s Office, Medford, OR, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: KLEINFELD, SILVERMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jorge Villegas-Cavada appeals from the 51-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for unlawful reentry of a deported alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Villegas-Cavada contends that the district court erred by enhancing his sentence. Specifically, he asserts that his 2004 removal, which was executed pursuant to a reinstated removal order entered by an immigration official, was unlawful and cannot satisfy the removal requirement of 8 U.S.C. § 1826(b) and U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2. This contention is foreclosed. See United States v. Diaz-Luevano, 494 F.3d 1159, 1162-63, No. 05-50129, 2007 WL 2044256, *2-3 (9th Cir. July 18, 2007) (per curiam).
Villegas-Cavada contends that pursuant to Dretke v. Haley, 541 U.S. 386, 124 S.Ct. 1847, 158 L.Ed.2d 659 (2004), and Shepard v. United States, 544 U.S. 13, 125 S.Ct. 1254, 161 L.Ed.2d 205 (2005), the avoidance of constitutional doubt doctrine requires the Court to construe 8 U.S.C. § 1326 such that a two-year statutory maximum applies to his offense, and to reject the holding of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). As Ville-gas-Cavada concedes, this contention is foreclosed. See United States v. Beng-Salazar, 452 F.3d 1088, 1091 (9th Cir.2006); see also United States v. Grisel, 488 F.3d 844, 846-47 (9th Cir.2007) (en banc).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.