Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Francisco RAYGOZA-AGUAYO, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-04-26
Citations: 33 F. App'x 240
Docket Number: No. 01-3939
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Francisco RAYGOZA-AGUAYO, Appellant.
Judges: Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 33
Pages: 240–241

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Francisco RAYGOZA-AGUAYO, Appellant.
No. 01-3939.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted April 24, 2002.
Decided April 26, 2002.
Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Francisco Raygoza-Aguayo pleaded guilty to illegal reentry following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b), and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and 2 years supervised release. On appeal, he challenges the district court's failure to grant a downward departure based on his status as an alien subject to removal.
As Raygoza acknowledges, his argument is foreclosed by United States v. Cardosa-Rodriguez, 241 F.3d 613, 614 (8th Cir.2001) (deportable aliens' ineligibility for Bureau of Prisons benefits does not provide basis for downward departure in illegal-reentry cases).
Accordingly, we affirm.
A true copy.
. The HONORABLE ROBERT W. PRATT, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.