United States v. Cesar Alejandro Contreras

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Cesar Contreras appeals the judgment of the District Court 1 denying his motion to dismiss his indictment for illegal reentry after deportation and the District Court’s calculation of his criminal history for sentencing purposes. We affirm.

On September 24, 2001, agents of the Tri-State Drug Task Force arrested Contreras in Sioux City, Iowa, on a federal drug charge. The following day, Brian Nelson of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) interviewed Contreras. During that interview, Contreras admitted he was a citizen of Mexico and that the Government…