Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santiago ESQUIVEL-VEGA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-06-13
Citations: 37 F. App'x 319
Docket Number: No. 01-16043; D.C. No. CV-00-06930-REC
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santiago ESQUIVEL-VEGA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 37
Pages: 319–320

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santiago ESQUIVEL-VEGA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-16043.
D.C. No. CV-00-06930-REC.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
June 10, 2002.
Decided June 13, 2002.
Before RYMER, T.G. NELSON and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2). Accordingly, Esquivel-Vega’s request for oral argument is denied.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Santiago Esquivel-Vega appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petition challenging the 365-month sentence imposed following his conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, we review de novo, see United States v. Sanchez-Cervantes, 282 F.3d 664, 666 (9th Cir.2002), and affirm.
Esquivel-Vega contends that the rale announced in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), is substantive and applies retroactively on collateral review and therefore his sentence is unconstitutional because it exceeds the 20-year maximum sentence under § 841(b)(1)(C). Esquivel-Vega further contends that the non-retroactivity principles of Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288, 109 S.Ct. 1060, 103 L.Ed.2d 334 (1989), are not controlling.
We reject Esquivel-Vega's contentions because they are foreclosed by our decision in Sanchez-Cervantes, 282 F.3d at 667-68, 673 (concluding that Teague applies to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 petitions and that the new rule of criminal procedure announced in Apprendi does not apply retroactively on initial collateral review).
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 9th Cir. R. 36-3.