United States v. Fuentes-Zuniga

17 F. App'x 705

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: August 30, 2001
• Docket: No. 01-10115; D.C. No. CR-99-00487-DWH
• Status: Published

Opinion

MEMORANDUM

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Alexis Ricardo Fuentes-Zuniga appeals the sentence imposed following her guilty plea to a single count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and (b).

Fuentes-Zuniga contends that in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), the district court erred in imposing a sentence in excess of the two-year maximum set forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) based upon a prior felony. Her argument is foreclosed by this court’s recent decision in United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2000), amended (Feb. 8, 2001), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 121 S.Ct. 1503, 149 L.Ed.2d 388 (2001).

The sentence is AFFIRMED. This matter is REMANDED to the district court with directions to correct the judgment of conviction to exclude the reference to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b), consistent with United States v. Rivera-Sanchez, 222 F.3d 1057 (9th Cir.2000).

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 Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.