Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Angel ROMERO-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-03-17
Citations: 171 F. App'x 631
Docket Number: No. 04-10694
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Jose Angel ROMERO-LOPEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: CANBY, BEEZER, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 171
Pages: 631–632

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Jose Angel ROMERO-LOPEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 04-10694.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted March 8, 2006.
Decided March 17, 2006.
Michael T. Morrissey, Esq., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff— Appellee.
James S. Park, Esq., Park Law Office, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant — Appellant.
Before: CANBY, BEEZER, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Jose Angel Romero-Lopez appeals from the 63-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.
We dismiss in light of the valid appeal waiver. See United States v. Nguyen, 235 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.2000) (stating that appeal waiver is valid when entered into knowingly and voluntarily); see also United States v. Cardenas, 405 F.3d 1046, 1048 (9th Cir.2005) (holding that changes in sentencing law imposed by United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), did not render appeal waiver involuntary and unknowing). The waiver of his appeal rights under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 encompasses Romero-Lopez's challenge to the district court's sentence under the then-mandatory guidelines. See United States v. Joyce, 357 F.3d 921, 924 (9th Cir.2004) ("A defendant's waiver of his appellate rights is enforceable if the language of the waiver encompasses his right to appeal on the grounds raised, and if the waiver was knowingly and voluntarily made.").
DISMISSED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.