MEMORANDUM **
Andrew Michael Gomez appeals from the district courts judgment and challenges the 120-month mandatory minimum sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A) and 846. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
Gomez contends that his mandatory minimum sentence is substantively unreasonable because it is greater than necessary and conflicts with 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). As he concedes, this contention is foreclosed. See United States v. Wipf, 620 F.3d 1168, 1170-71 (9th Cir. 2010) (§ 3553(a) does not authorize a district court to impose a sentence below the mandatory statutory minimum). Because Gomez has not shown that Wipf is “clearly irreconcilable” with intervening higher authority, we are bound to follow it. See Miller v. Gammie, 335 F.3d 889, 900 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc).
AFFIRMED.