
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Andres HURTADO-RAMIREZ, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 01-50735.
    D.C. No. CR-01-01000-L.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted June 10, 2002.
    
    Decided June 19, 2002.
    
      Before RYMER, T.G. NELSON and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       . . This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Andres Hurtado-Ramirez appeals his 63-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea to unlawful reentry of a deported alien after conviction for an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). Hurtado-Ramirez contends that under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), the district court deprived him of due process by imposing a sentence greater than Section 1326(a)’s two-year maximum based on Hurtado-Ramirez’s prior aggravated felony, where he did not admit to having previously committed an aggravated felony.

Hurtado-Ramirez, who states that he presents the issue merely to preserve it in the event of ensuing favorable Supreme Court precedent, acknowledges that the argument is foreclosed by United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 532 U.S. 966, 121 S.Ct. 1503, 149 L.Ed.2d 388 (2001). Accordingly, the judgment and sentence are

AFFIRMED. 
      
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