United States v. Jose Felix-Villalobos

FILED NOT FOR PUBLICATION APR 27 2015 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 13-10632 Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 4:13-cr-01242-RCC v. MEMORANDUM* JOSE MARIA FELIX-VILLALOBOS, a.k.a. Jose Maria Felix, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Raner C. Collins, Chief Judge, Presiding Submitted April 22, 2015** Before: GOODWIN, BYBEE, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges. Jose Maria Felix-Villalobos appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges the 48-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We have jurisdiction * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm. Felix-Villalobos contends that his sentence should not have exceed two years because the fact of the prior conviction that subjected him to enhanced penalties under section 1326(b) was neither alleged in the indictment nor proven beyond a reasonable doubt. As Felix-Villalobos acknowledges, we are bound by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 239-47 (1998), in which the Supreme Court rejected this argument. AFFIRMED. 2 13-10632