Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Maria FELIX-VILLALOBOS, a.k.a. Jose Maria Felix, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-27
Citations: 600 F. App'x 574
Docket Number: No. 13-10632
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Maria FELIX-VILLALOBOS, a.k.a. Jose Maria Felix, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 600
Pages: 574–575

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Maria FELIX-VILLALOBOS, a.k.a. Jose Maria Felix, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-10632.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 22, 2015.
Filed April 27, 2015.
Peter Davis Sax, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Saul M. Huerta, Tucson, AZ, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Maria Felix-Villalobos appeals from the district court's judgment and challenges the 48-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1826. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Felix-Villalobos contends that his sentence should not have exceed two years because the fact of the prior conviction that subjected him to enhanced penalties under section 1326(b) was neither alleged in the indictment nor proven beyond a reasonable doubt. As Felix-Villalobos acknowledges, we are bound by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 239-47, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), in which the Supreme Court rejected this argument.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provid ed by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.