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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Efrain HERNANDEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 02-50012.
    D.C. No. CR-01-02299-TJW.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted July 22, 2002.
    
    Decided July 31, 2002.
    Before BROWNING, KOZINSKI, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Efrain Hernandez appeals his conviction by guilty plea and sentence for one count of importation of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. Hernandez’s contention that his conviction should be reversed because Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), renders §§ 952 and 960 unconstitutional is foreclosed by United States v. Mendoza-Paz, 286 F.3d 1104, 1109-11 (2002), and United States v. Varela-Rivera, 279 F.3d 1174, 1175 n. 1 (2002).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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