Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge Alfredo PINA-ARELLANO, also known as Jorge Alberto Lopez, also known as Jose Lopez-Gonzalez, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-04-26
Citations: 33 F. App'x 241
Docket Number: No. 02-1011
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge Alfredo PINA-ARELLANO, also known as Jorge Alberto Lopez, also known as Jose Lopez-Gonzalez, Appellant.
Judges: Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 33
Pages: 241–241

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge Alfredo PINA-ARELLANO, also known as Jorge Alberto Lopez, also known as Jose Lopez-Gonzalez, Appellant.
No. 02-1011.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted April 24, 2002.
Decided April 26, 2002.
Before LOKEN, BEAM, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jorge Pina-Arellano appeals the sentence imposed by the district court after he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). Specifically, Pina contends he was entitled to a downward departure because—as an alien subject to removal—he is subject to a longer and harsher period of incarceration.
As he concedes, this court rejected his argument in United States v. Cardosa-Rodriguez, 241 F.3d 613, 614 (8th Cir.2001) (deportable aliens' ineligibility for Bureau of Prisons benefits does not provide basis for downward departure in illegal-reentry cases), and only this court en banc may overrule that decision, see Campbell v. Purkett, 957 F.2d 535, 536 (8th Cir.1992) (per curiam).
Accordingly, we affirm.
A true copy.
. The HONORABLE ROBERT W. PRATT, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.