Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo MENJIVAR-GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-16
Citations: 167 F. App'x 606
Docket Number: No. 05-50680
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Eduardo MENJIVAR-GARCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 167
Pages: 606–608

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Eduardo MENJIVAR-GARCIA, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-50680.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 13, 2006.
Decided Feb. 16, 2006.
Stacey H. Sullivan, Esq., USSD — Office of the U.S. Attorney, San Diego, CA for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Lynn H. Ball, Esq., Law Office of Lynn H. Ball, San Diego, CA, for Defendants Appellant.
Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Eduardo Menjivar-Garcia appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Menjivar-Garcia contends that the district court erred by increasing his sentence above 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)'s two-year maximum based on a prior aggravated felony conviction that Menjiva-Garcia did not admit during his plea colloquy. This contention is foreclosed. United States v. Delaney, 427 F.3d 1224, 1226 (9th Cir.2005) ("The Supreme Court has made clear that the fact of a prior conviction need not be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt or admitted by the defendant to satisfy the Sixth Amendment . even when such a finding results in an increase in the penalty beyond what would otherwise be the maximum prescribed sentence.").
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.