
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Artemio HUERTA-MENDOZA, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 01-10350.
    D.C. No. CR-00-00261-KJD.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 17, 2001.
    
    Decided Dec. 28, 2001.
    
      Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, TROTT, and PAEZ, and, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Artemio Huerta-Mendoza appeals from his sentence following his guilty plea conviction for re-entry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Huerta-Mendoza contends that Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), requires a remand to the district court because a prior aggravated felony conviction should be a fact determined by a jury and proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Huerta-Mendoza acknowledges that this issue is foreclosed by 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), and raises the issue solely in order to preserve it in the event the Supreme Court decides differently in the future. Thus, we do not consider it further.

AFFIRMED. 
      
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