Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonel CARDENAS-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-11-15
Citations: 154 F. App'x 580
Docket Number: No. 05-10229; D.C. No. CR-04-329-KJD/RJJ
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Leonel CARDENAS-HERNANDEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before WALLACE, LEAVY, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 154
Pages: 580–580

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Leonel CARDENAS-HERNANDEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-10229.
D.C. No. CR-04-329-KJD/RJJ.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 8, 2005.
Decided Nov. 15, 2005.
Robert A. Bork, USLV — Office of the U.S. Attorney, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Arthur L. Allen, FPDNV — Federal Public Defender’s Office, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WALLACE, LEAVY, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Leonel Cardenas-Hernandez appeals his sentence imposed following his guilty plea to unlawful reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He contends that the district court violated his constitutional rights in enhancing his sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) and § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) of the advisory Sentencing Guidelines based on a fact — the prior commission of a drug trafficking crime — neither proved beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury nor admitted as part of the guilty plea, 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 contention is foreclosed by United States v. Weiland, 420 F.3d 1062, 1079 n. 16 (9th Cir.2005).
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.