Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul Alberto LOPEZ-RAMIREZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-05-15
Citations: 63 F. App'x 368
Docket Number: No. 02-50351; D.C. No. CR-02-00242-BTM
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Raul Alberto LOPEZ-RAMIREZ, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 63
Pages: 368–368

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Raul Alberto LOPEZ-RAMIREZ, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 02-50351.
D.C. No. CR-02-00242-BTM.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 12, 2003.
Decided May 15, 2003.
Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Raul Alberto Lopez-Ramirez appeals his conviction by guilty plea and the sentence imposed for importation of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952 and 960.
Lopez-Ramirez's contention that 21 U.S.C. § 960 is facially unconstitutional in light of 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, 322 F.3d 592 (9th Cir.2003).
Lopez-Ramirez's contention that a mens rea requirement apphes to the elements of drug type and quantity is foreclosed by United States v. Carranza, 289 F.3d 634, 644 (9th Cir.2002) and Hernandez, 322 F.3d at 602.
AFFIRMED.
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