Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ismael NUNEZ-MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-04-16
Citations: 61 F. App'x 456
Docket Number: No. 02-50334; D.C. No. CR-01-03153-IEG
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Ismael NUNEZ-MARTINEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before RYMER, KLEINFELD, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 61
Pages: 456–457

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Ismael NUNEZ-MARTINEZ, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 02-50334.
D.C. No. CR-01-03153-IEG.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted April 7, 2003.
Decided April 16, 2003.
Before RYMER, KLEINFELD, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Ismael Nunez-Martinez appeals from his conditional guilty plea conviction and sentence for importation of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952, 960.
Nunez-Martinez's contention that 21 U.S.C. § 960 is facially unconstitutional following Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), and that United States v. Harris, 536 U.S. 545, 122 S.Ct. 2406, 153 L.Ed.2d 524 (2002), overrules United States v. Buckland, 289 F.3d 558, 562 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 535 U.S. 1105, 122 S.Ct. 2314, 152 L.Ed.2d 1067 (2002), and United States v. Mendoza-Paz, 286 F.3d 1104 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 573, 154 L.Ed.2d 459 (2002), is foreclosed by United States v. Hernandez, 314 F.3d 430, 438 (9th Cir.2002). Nunez-Martinez's contention that the indictment was defective because it did not allege that Nunez-Martinez had the mens rea as to the drug type and quantity is foreclosed by United States v. Carranza, 289 F.3d 634 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 123 S.Ct. 572, 154 L.Ed.2d 458 (2002). Nunez-Martinez's conviction is
AFFIRMED.
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