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Eladio Soto BOUZA, Petitioner—Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent—Appellant.
    No. 01-56925.
    D.C. Nos. CV-01-01119-JNK, CR-90-00856-JNK.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 2, 2002.
    
    Decided Dec. 9, 2002.
    Before BROWNING, KOZINSKI and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   ORDER

The district court’s order applying Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), retroactively to grant Appellee’s petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 is REVERSED and REMANDED. See United States v. Sanchez-Cervantes, 282 F.3d 664, 665 (9th Cir.2002) (“We hold that the new rule of criminal procedure announced in Apprendi does not apply retroactively on initial collateral review----”), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 48, — L.Ed.2d - (2002); Rees v. Hill, 286 F.3d 1103, 1104 (9th Cir.2002) (applying same rule to second or successive petition). 
      
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