Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond OJEDA-AGUNDEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-08-29
Citations: 18 F. App'x 533
Docket Number: No. 00-50292; D.C. No. CR-99-00038-RT-1
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond OJEDA-AGUNDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HAWKINS, TASHIMA and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 18
Pages: 533–534

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond OJEDA-AGUNDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 00-50292. D.C. No. CR-99-00038-RT-1.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 13, 2001.
Decided Aug. 29, 2001.
Before HAWKINS, TASHIMA and GOULD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Raymond Ojeda-Agundez appeals his conviction and 46 month sentence imposed following entry of a guilty plea to being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Ojeda-Agundez contends that Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), overruled Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), and requires that his sentence be remanded for re-sentencing to a term of no more than two-years incarceration because the indictment did not charge, Ojeda did not admit, and the court did not find beyond a reasonable doubt the fact that he was previously convicted of an aggravated felony prior to his deportation in 1998.
This claim is foreclosed in light of our decision in United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411, (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 121 S.Ct. 1503, 149 L.Ed.2d 388 (2001), where we explicitly concluded that Almendarez-Torres survived Apprendi and rejected the argument raised by Ojeda-Agundez. Id. at 414-15 (concluding that "nowhere does Apprendi limit Almendarez-Torres" and affirming that all prior convictions "may continue to be treated as sentencing factors").
AFFIRMED.
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