Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Efrain PENA-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-05-22
Citations: 181 F. App'x 688
Docket Number: No. 05-10552
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Efrain PENA-GARCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: B. FLETCHER, TROTT, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 181
Pages: 688–688

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Efrain PENA-GARCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-10552.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 15, 2006.
Decided May 22, 2006.
Robert A. Bork, Esq., USLV — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff — Appellee.
Arthur L. Allen, Esq., FPDNV — Federal Public Defender’s Office, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant — Appellant.
Before: B. FLETCHER, TROTT, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Efrain Pena-Garcia appeals from his sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for unlawful reentry of a deported alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Garcia contends that district court err by sentencing him to a term of 52 months when he only pled to the elements of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), which carries a maximum sentence of two years and that Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998) is no longer good law. This issue is foreclosed. See United States v. Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062, 1080 n. 16 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that we are bound to follow Almendarez-Torres even though it has been called into question, unless it is explicitly overruled by the Supreme Court).
AFFIRMED.
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