Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge MARTINEZ-ALVARADO, a.k.a. Saul Sandoval Lopez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-07-21
Citations: 190 F. App'x 567
Docket Number: No. 05-50886
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Jorge MARTINEZ-ALVARADO, a.k.a. Saul Sandoval Lopez, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: B. FLETCHER, HAWKINS and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 190
Pages: 567–568

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Jorge MARTINEZ-ALVARADO, a.k.a. Saul Sandoval Lopez, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-50886.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 17, 2006.
Decided July 21, 2006.
Becky S. Walker, Esq., Mark Childs, AUSA, USLA-Office of the U.S. Attorney Criminal Division, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Gail Ivens, Esq., FPDCA-Federal Public Defender’s Office (Los Angeles), Glendale, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: B. FLETCHER, HAWKINS and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
A review of the record and the opening brief indicates that the questions raised in this appeal are so insubstantial as not to require further argument. See United States v. Hooton, 693 F.2d 857, 858 (9th Cir.1982) (per curiam) (stating standard). The Supreme Court's decision in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), remains binding on this court until the Supreme Court overrules it. See United States v. Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062, 1079 n. 16 (9th Cir.2005) (noting that this court remains bound by the Supreme Court's holding in Almendarez-Torres that a district court judge may enhance a sentence on the basis of prior convictions, even if the fact of those convictions was not found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt). Further, we upheld the identical condition of supervised release challenged here in United States v. Rodriguez-Rodriguez, 441 F.3d 767 (9th Cir.2006).
Accordingly, we grant the government's motion for summary affirmance of this appeal.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.