Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cruz Alejandro MARTINEZ-LUNA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-05-22
Citations: 180 F. App'x 766
Docket Number: No. 05-50462
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Cruz Alejandro MARTINEZ-LUNA, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: B. FLETCHER, TROTT, and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 180
Pages: 766–767

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Cruz Alejandro MARTINEZ-LUNA, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-50462.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 15, 2006.
Decided May 22, 2006.
Becky S. Walker, Esq., Douglas A. Axel, Esq., USLA-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
James H. Locklin, Esq., FPDCA-Federal Public Defender’s Office, Los Angeles, CA, 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
Cruz Alejandro Martinez-Luna appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to illegal reentry following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Martinez-Lunez contends that district court err by sentencing him to a term of 57 months when he only pled to the elements of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), which carries a maximum sentence of.two years. He contends 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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