Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas Alexander GUARDADO, also known as Samuel Ruiz, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-06-22
Citations: 135 F. App'x 727
Docket Number: No. 04-11059
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas Alexander GUARDADO, also known as Samuel Ruiz, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 135
Pages: 727–728

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas Alexander GUARDADO, also known as Samuel Ruiz, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-11059.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dedided June 22, 2005.
Denise B. Williams, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lubbock, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
David E. Sloan, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Lubbock, TX, for Defendants Appellant.
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Douglas Alexander Guardado pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after deportation and was sentenced to 87 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. He appeals his sentence. Guardado argues for the first time on appeal that his constitutional rights to grand jury indictment, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and jury trial were violated when he was sentenced on the basis of facts beyond the fact of a prior conviction. He argues that under Blakely v. Washington, — U.S. -, -, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 2537, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004), the district court plainly erred in increasing his criminal history score based on its finding that he was under a sentence of parole and under a sentence of probation at the time of the commission of the instant offense. He concedes that because he did not object on Blakely grounds in the district court, his claim must be reviewed for plain error. He contends that the error was plain and that his substantial rights were affected.
Guardado's claim that the district court plainly erred by increasing his sentence based on facts not determined by a jury and which he did not admit is unavailing because he failed to show that "the sentencing judge — sentencing under an advisory scheme rather than a mandatory one — would have reached a significantly different result." See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 521 (5th Cir.2005), petition for cert. filed (Mar. 31, 2005) (No. 04-9517).
Guardado concedes that the issue whether his sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) was rendered illegal by Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000) and subsequent Supreme Court precedent is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), and he raises it solely to preserve it for further review by the Supreme Court. Apprendi did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. See Apprendi 530 U.S. at 489-90, 120 S.Ct. 2348; As Guardado concedes, this argument is foreclosed unless and until the Supreme Court itself decides to overrule Almendarez-Torres. See Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90, 120 S.Ct. 2348; United States v. Mancia-Perez, 331 F.3d 464, 470 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 935, 124 S.Ct. 358, 157 L.Ed.2d 245 (2003).
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.