U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2009

United States v. Santana-Villasenor

United States v. Santana-Villasenor
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided July 6, 2009 · Paez, Smith, Tallman
336 F. App'x 728

United States v. Santana-Villasenor

Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM **

Arturo Santana-Villasenor appeals from the district court’s order denying his motion to exclude the warrant of deportation and certificate of nonexistence of record, as well as from the 41-month sentence imposed following his conditional 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.

Santana-Villasenor contends that the district court’s admission into evidence of a warrant of deportation and a certificate of nonexistence of record violates his Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights. As he concedes, these contentions are foreclosed. See United States v. Bahena-Cardenas, 411 F.3d 1067, 1075 (9th Cir. 2005); see also United States v. Cervantes-Flores, 421 F.3d 825, 834 (9th Cir. 2005) (per curiam).

Santana-Villasenor contends that the district court procedurally erred at sentencing by treating the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines range as presumptively reasonable. The district court did not plainly err. See United States v. Carty, 520 F.3d 984, 994-95 (9th Cir. 2008) (en banc); see also United States v. Dallman, 533 F.3d 755, 761 (9th Cir. 2008).

Santana-Villasenor contends that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is unconstitutional. As Santana-Villasenor concedes, this contention is foreclosed. See Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 226-27, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998); United States v. Beng-Salazar, 452 F.3d 1088, 1091 (9th Cir. 2006).

Santana-Villasenor contends that the district court’s imposition of a supervised release condition requiring that he report to his probation officer within 72 hours of reentry violates his Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination. This contention fails. See United States v. Abbouchi, 502 F.3d 850, 859 (9th Cir. 2007).

AFFIRMED.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9 th Cir. R. 36-3.

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