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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                            FILED
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                         APR 30 2024
                                                                        MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                         U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                         No. 22-30100

                Plaintiff-Appellee,               D.C. No. 2:20-cr-00134-RMP-1

 v.
                                                  MEMORANDUM*
MARCIANO MUNOZ-DE LA O, AKA
Marciano Munoz, AKA Marciano Munoz-
Delao,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                     for the Eastern District of Washington
                Rosanna Malouf Peterson, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted April 22, 2024**

Before:      CALLAHAN, LEE, and FORREST, Circuit Judges.

      Marciano Munoz-De La O appeals his conviction, following a conditional

guilty plea, for being an alien in the United States after deportation, in violation of

8 U.S.C. § 1326. He argues that the district court erred by denying his motion to

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
dismiss the indictment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we

affirm.

      Munoz-De La O contends that § 1326 violates his equal protection rights

under the Fifth Amendment because Congress passed the statute with a

discriminatory purpose. As he acknowledges in his opening brief, this court

rejected that argument in United States v. Carrillo-Lopez, 68 F.4th 1133 (9th Cir.

2023), cert. denied, 144 S. Ct. 703 (2024), and we are bound by that decision, see

Miller v. Gammie, 335 F.3d 889, 900 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc).

      AFFIRMED.

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