Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gabriel RUIZ-CHAVEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-06-19
Citations: 186 F. App'x 731
Docket Number: No. 05-50239
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Gabriel RUIZ-CHAVEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: KLEINFELD, PAEZ, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 186
Pages: 731–732

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Gabriel RUIZ-CHAVEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-50239.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 12, 2006.
Decided June 19, 2006.
Maura Quinn, Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Michelle A. Villasenor-Grant, Esq., Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: KLEINFELD, PAEZ, 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
Gabriel Ruiz-Chavez appeals from the 21-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
Ruiz-Chavez contends that the two-year supervised release portion of his sentence imposed by the district court is in error because the fact of his prior conviction needed to be charged in the indictment and proven to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. This contention is foreclosed by United States v. Esparza-Gonzalez, 422 F.3d 897, 907 (9th Cir.2005), and United States v. Wetland, 420 F.3d 1062, 1080 n. 16 (9th Cir.2005).
AFFIRMED.
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