Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arturo RODRIGUEZ-ALVARRAN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-15
Citations: 166 F. App'x 773
Docket Number: No. 05-40253
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arturo RODRIGUEZ-ALVARRAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BARKSDALE, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 166
Pages: 773–774

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arturo RODRIGUEZ-ALVARRAN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-40253.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Feb. 15, 2006.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Timothy William Crooks, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before BARKSDALE, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Arturo Rodriguez-Alvarran appeals his sentence for illegal reentry into the United States following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He argues that the district court committed reversible error by sentencing him pursuant to a mandatory sentencing guidelines scheme in light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005).
The district court committed "Fanfan" error by sentencing Rodriguez-Alvarran pursuant to a mandatory guidelines scheme. See United States v. Walters, 418 F.Sd 461, 463-64 (5th Cir.2005). Although Rodriguez-Alvarran contends that such error is structural, this argument is foreclosed by circuit precedent. See id. at 463.
The Government concedes that Rodriguez-Alvarran preserved his Fanfan claim. As such, this court reviews the claim for harmless error. See id. at 464. There is no indication in the record that the district court would have imposed the same sentence had the guidelines been advisory rather than mandatory. Accordingly, we VACATE the sentence and REMAND for resentencing in accordance with Booker.
Rodriguez-Alvarran also argues that the "felony" and. "aggravated felony" provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) and (b)(2) are unconstitutional on their face and as applied in his case in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). Rodirguez-Alvarran's constitutional challenge is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). Although RodriguezAlvarran contends that Almendarez-Torres was incorrectly decided and that a majority of the Supreme Court would overrule Almendarez-Torres in light of Apprendi, we have repeatedly rejected such arguments on the basis that Almendarez-Torres remains binding. See United States v. Garzar-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 276 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 126 S.Ct. 298, 163 L.Ed.2d 260 (2005). Rodriguez-Alvarran properly concedes that his argument is foreclosed in light of Almendarez-Torres and circuit precedent, but he raises it here to preserve it for further review. Accordingly, RodriguezAlvarran's conviction is AFFIRMED.
AFFIRMED IN PART; VACATED AND REMANDED IN PART.
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.