Maya-Mosco

MEMORANDUM **

Alex Maya-Mosco appeals the judgment of conviction and 51-month sentence following his guilty plea to a single count of being a deported alien found in the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (a) and (b)(2). We affirm in part and remand in part.

Maya-Mosco 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 aggravated felony. He contends that his case is distinguishable from Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 , 118 S.Ct. 1219 , 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), and United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2000), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 121 S.Ct. 1503 , 149 L.Ed.2d 388 (2001), because he did not admit to an *615 aggravated felony following deportation at his plea hearing and he contested use of his prior felony at sentencing. MayaMosco’s arguments are foreclosed by this court’s recent decision in United States v. Arellano-Rivera, 244 F.3d 1119, 1127 (9th Cir.2001). Accordingly, the sentence is affirmed.

We remand for the limited purpose of directing…