Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco REYNAGA-FREGOZO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-05-25
Citations: 10 F. App'x 525
Docket Number: No. 99-50682; D.C. No. CR-98-01273-AHM
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco REYNAGA-FREGOZO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before PREGERSON, FERNANDEZ and WARD LAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 10
Pages: 525–526

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco REYNAGA-FREGOZO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 99-50682.
D.C. No. CR-98-01273-AHM.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 14, 2001.
Decided May 25, 2001.
Before PREGERSON, FERNANDEZ and WARD LAW, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Francisco Reynaga-Fregozo appeals the 77-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea for being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation. Reynaga-Fregozo contends that in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), his sentence must be vacated because it exceeds the two-year maximum set forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) based upon a prior felony to which he did not admit and which was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury. Reynaga-Fregozo also contends that Apprendi renders inapplicable Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998) (holding that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a sentencing factor and not a separate offense), because he did not admit that his removal from the United States was subsequent to his conviction of an aggravated felony. His arguments are foreclosed by this court's recent decision in United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2000), amended (Feb. 8, 2001) (order). United States v. Castillo-Rivera, 244 F.3d 1020, 1024-05 (9th Cir.2001).
AFFIRMED.
. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.