Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Felipe JAQUEZ-MERCADO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-04-11
Citations: 175 F. App'x 154
Docket Number: No. 05-50683
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Felipe JAQUEZ-MERCADO, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: D.W. NELSON and O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and JONES, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 175
Pages: 154–155

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Felipe JAQUEZ-MERCADO, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-50683.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 7, 2006.
Decided April 11, 2006.
USSD—Office of The U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Mark F. Adams, Esq., San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: D.W. NELSON and O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and JONES, District Judge.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Robert C. Jones, District Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Felipe Jaquez-Mercado appeals his sentence and conviction for being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326, arguing that (1) § 1326 is unconstitutional; (2) the district court should have dismissed the indictment because it was supported by an uncounseled deportation; and (8) the indictment was insufficient because it did not allege either voluntary entry or the mens rea element. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Jaquez's argument that Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000) rendered unconstitutional 8 U.S.C. § 1326 is foreclosed by United States v. Bahena-Cardenas, 411 F.3d 1067, 1073 (9th Cir.2005). We have also previously rejected claims identical to his claim that 8 U.S.C. § 1326 is unconstitutional as applied because the indictment pursuant to which he was convicted was supported by a deportation proceeding at which Jaquez was not represented by counsel. See United States v. Rivera-Sillas, 417 F.3d 1014, 1017-18 (9th Cir.2005).
Similarly precluded by binding Ninth Circuit authority are Jaquez's challenges to the sufficiency of the indictment. An indictment charging that a deported alien is "found in" the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 need not allege voluntary entry or mens rea. Rivera-Sillas, 417 F.3d at 1019-21; United States v. Parga-Rosas, 238 F.3d 1209, 1213-14 (9th Cir .2001).
AFFIRMED.
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