Case Name: Eladio Soto BOUZA, Petitioner-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-12-09
Citations: 52 F. App'x 373
Docket Number: No. 01-56925; D.C. Nos. CV-01-01119-JNK, CR-90-00856-JNK
Parties: Eladio Soto BOUZA, Petitioner—Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent—Appellant.
Judges: Before BROWNING, KOZINSKI and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 52
Pages: 373–374

Head Matter:
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).

Opinion:
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).
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.