Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ignacio GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-08-16
Citations: 44 F. App'x 826
Docket Number: No. 00-50223; D.C. No. CR-99-03291-NAJ
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ignacio GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 44
Pages: 826–827

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ignacio GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 00-50223.
D.C. No. CR-99-03291-NAJ.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 14, 2000 .
Decided Aug. 16, 2002.
Before RYMER, T.G. NELSON, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
A. Constitutionality of 21 U.S.C. § 960
Gonzalez claims that 21 U.S.C. § 960 is unconstitutional because it permits a judge to increase the maximum penalties for drug violations without requiring that the factors which cause such increases, drug type and quantity, be alleged in the indictment and determined beyond a reasonable doubt by a jury as required under Apprendi v. New Jersey. We determined that § 960 is constitutional in United States v. Mendoza-Paz. Thus, Gonzalez's argument fails.
B. Constitutionality of Waiver in Proposed Plea Agreement
The proposed plea agreement required Gonzalez to waive his rights to impeachment and affirmative defense information that the Government would be required to provide if the case proceeded to trial. Gonzalez argues that the plea agreement was unconstitutional because of this waiver. The Supreme Court recently decided that the Constitution does not require the Government to disclose material impeachment evidence or affirmative defense information prior to entering into a plea agreement with a criminal defendant. Thus, plea agreements containing such a waiver are valid.
AFFIRMED.
. This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as may be provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
. See 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000).
. 286 F.3d 1104, 1107 (9th Cir.2002).
. United. States v. Ruiz, No. 01-595, slip op. at 9 (U.S. June 24, 2002).