
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Jorge RAMIREZ, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 02-50033.
    D.C. No. CR-01-02523-NAJ.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Aug. 12, 2000.
    
    Decided Aug. 19, 2002.
    Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Jorge Ramirez appeals his conviction by guilty plea for importation of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960. Ramirez’s argument that his convictions should be reversed because 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 960 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. Varela-Rivera, 279 F.3d 1174, 1175 n. 1 (9th Cir.2002) (section 952) and United States v. Mendoza-Paz, 286 F.3d 1104, 1109-11 (9th Cir. 2002) (section 960).

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 Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
     