Opinion
This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 36-3)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Judith N. Keep, Chief Judge, Presiding.
Before HUG, O'SCANNLAIN and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.
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.
Germain Goycoolea appeals his conviction by guilty plea and the 24-month sentence imposed for conspiracy to distribute marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). Goycoolea's contention that the indictment should be dismissed because the federal drug statutes are unconstitutional under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000) is foreclosed by United States v. Buckland, 277 F.3d 1173, 1177 (9th Cir.2002) (en banc). His contention that the indictment should be dismissed because it
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did not allege mens rea as to drug type and quantity is foreclosed by United States v. Carranza, 289 F.3d 634, 644 (9th Cir.2002).
AFFIRMED.