Gallardo

MEMORANDUM **

Catalino Baranda Gallardo and Armando Labrada-Bustamante appeal from the sentences imposed upon re-sentencing, following their jury-trial convictions for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Baranda Gallardo contends that the district court erred by imposing the 240-month mandatory minimum sentence because it relied upon a prior conviction that was not found by the jury and because Baranda Gallardo did not have proper notice of the sentence he was facing.

Baranda Gallardo’s challenge to the use of the prior conviction to enhance his sentence is foreclosed by United States v. Beng-Salazar, 452 F.3d 1088, 1091 (9th Cir.2006). We decline to consider the notice contention under the law of the case doctrine. See United States v. Scrivner, 189 F.3d 825, 827 (9th Cir.1999).

Labrada-Bustamante contends that the district court erred by refusing to grant him a sentence reduction pursuant to the safety valve, 18 U.S.C. § 3553 (f). We review for clear error the district court’s determination that the defendant has not met his burden of…