
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Saul CERVANTES-LLAMAS, aka Anthony Carraso, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 01-50550.
    D.C. No. CR-99-00107-NM-1.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Sept. 9, 2002.
    
    Decided Sept. 19, 2002.
    Before HUG, O’SCANNLAIN, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Saul Cervantes-Llamas appeals the 70-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for unlawful reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. We dismiss the appeal.

Cervantes-Llamas contends that the district court erred by not granting a downward departure. A district court’s refusal to depart from a prescribed sentencing guideline range is unreviewable on appeal unless the district court rested its decision on an erroneous belief that it lacked the authority to do so. See 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a); United States v. Riverar-Sanchez, 222 F.3d 1057, 1064 (9th Cir. 2000). Here, the district court properly recognized and exercised its discretion and sentenced Cervantes-Llamas within the applicable guideline range. Therefore, we lack jurisdiction to review Cervantes-Llamas’ contentions on appeal.

DISMISSED. 
      
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