Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sergio Vasquez CARBAJAL, also known as Sergio Carvajal Vazquez, also known as Sergio Vasquez-Carbajal, also known as Sergio Carvajal-Vasquez, also known as Sergio Vazquez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-08-20
Citations: 290 F. App'x 713
Docket Number: No. 07-20580
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sergio Vasquez CARBAJAL, also known as Sergio Carvajal Vazquez, also known as Sergio Vasquez-Carbajal, also known as Sergio Carvajal-Vas-quez, also known as Sergio Vazquez, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 290
Pages: 713–714

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Sergio Vasquez CARBAJAL, also known as Sergio Carvajal Vazquez, also known as Sergio Vasquez-Carbajal, also known as Sergio Carvajal-Vas-quez, also known as Sergio Vazquez, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-20580
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 20, 2008.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern Dis trict of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Sergio Vasquez Carbajal was convicted of illegal reentry into the United States after having been deported and was sentenced to serve 46 months in prison. In light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), he challenges the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)'s treatment of prior felony and aggravated felony convictions as sentencing factors rather than elements of the offense that must be found by a jury. This argument is foreclosed by Al-mendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). United States v. Pineda-Ar-rellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir.2007), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 872, 169 L.Ed.2d 737 (2008).
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.