
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Fernando BARAJAS-MIRANDA, Defendant—Appellant.
    No. 01-30266. D.C. No. CR-01-02035-WFN.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Feb. 11, 2002.
    
    Decided Feb. 22, 2002.
    Before B. FLETCHER, T.G. NELSON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Fernando Barajas-Miranda appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to being an alien in the United States following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.

Barajas-Miranda contends that the case should be remanded so that the district court can consider a downward departure based upon Barajas-Miranda’s extremely unusual family situation. We deem the request for the downward departure waived because, as Barajas-Miranda concedes, he did not make the request in the district court. United States v. Quesada, 972 F.2d 281, 283-84 (9th Cir.1992).

Barajas-Miranda’s challenge under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), to the enhancement of his sentence based upon his prior convictions is foreclosed by United States v. Pacheco-Zepeda, 234 F.3d 411 (9th Cir.2001) (as amended).

AFFIRMED. 
      
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