Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador VALDEZ-ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-05-08
Citations: 10 F. App'x 484
Docket Number: No. 00-10475; D.C. No. CR-00-00059-HDM
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador VALDEZ-ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before CANBY, KOZINSKI and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 10
Pages: 484–484

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador VALDEZ-ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 00-10475.
D.C. No. CR-00-00059-HDM.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 9, 2001.
Decided May 8, 2001.
Before CANBY, KOZINSKI and RYMER, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a); 9th Cir. R. 34-4

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Salvador Valdez-Romero appeals his conviction, pursuant to a guilty plea, and sentence for being an alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.
Relying on Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), Valdez-Romero contends that the district court erred when it increased his base offense level by 4 points, because the fact that his prior deportation followed a felony conviction was neither admitted nor proven beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury. He further contends that Apprendi calls into question the continuing validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). Valdez-Romero's contentions, however, are foreclosed by our recent decision in United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411, 413-14 (9th Cir.2000), as amended (Feb. 8, 2001). United States v. Castillo-Rivera, 244 F.3d 1020 (9th Cir.2001).
AFFIRMED.
. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
. Appellee's motion to supplement the record by filing an amended Judgment and Commitment, entered by the district court on March 12, 2001 pursuant to the parties' stipulation to delete the reference to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2), is granted.