Vasquez-Falcon

MEMORANDUM **

Arturo Vasquez-Falcon appeals from the 70-month sentence, and the terms of *560 his supervised release, imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for being an illegal alien found in the United States following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 . We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

Vasquez-Faleon first contends that 8 U.S.C. § 1326 (b) is unconstitutional because Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 , 118 S.Ct. 1219 , 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), is no longer good law. This contention is foreclosed by our holding in United States v. Covian-Sandoval, 462 F.3d 1090, 1096-97 (9th Cir.2006).

Vasquez-Faleon also contends that the condition of release requiring him to “participate in outpatient substance abuse treatment and submit to drug and alcohol testing as instructed by the probation officer,” is impermissible under our decision in United States v. Stephens, 424 F.3d 876 (9th Cir.2005). We need not construe this condition for purposes of this appeal because there was no plain error. See United States v. Maciel-Vasquez, 458 F.3d 994, 996 (9th Cir.2006).

Finally, Vasquez-Faleon contends that certain special…