Pacheco-Adame

MEMORANDUM 2

Julio Pacheco-Adame appeals the 57-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea for illegal entry of a deported alien. Pacheco-Adame contends that in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 , 120 S.Ct. 2348 , 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), it is illegal to impose a sentence in excess of the two-year maximum set forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (a) based upon a prior felony not pled in the indictment nor admitted as part of the plea. PachecoAdame also contends that Apprendi renders inapplicable Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 , 118 S.Ct. 1219 , 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998) (holding that 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (b)(2) is a sentencing factor and not a separate offense), because he did not admit to an aggravated felony at his plea hearing. His arguments are foreclosed by this court’s recent decision in United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2000), amended (Feb.8, 2001) (order). United States v. Castillo Rivera, 244 F.3d 1020, 1024-1025 (9th Cir.2001).

AFFIRMED.

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