Castillo v. Pratt ( 2002 )

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-10284
Summary Calendar
YSIDRO CASTILLO, JR.,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
SAM L. PRATT, Warden;
KATHLEEN HAWK SAWYER, Director;
JOHN ASHCROFT, Attorney General,
Respondents-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
(3:01-CV-1226-R)
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September 6, 2002
Before DAVIS, WIENER, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Petitioner-Appellant Ysidro Castillo, Jr., federal prisoner #
24866-077, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. He
contends that (1) the district court violated Apprendi v. New
Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) by sentencing him on the basis of the
quantity of dugs stated in the presentence report, because the jury
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under
the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
did not determine the drug amount, and (2) Apprendi is
retroactively applicable to his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition.
We have not yet decided whether Apprendi applies retroactively
on collateral review, see United States v. Clark, 260 F.3d 382 (5th
Cir. 2001). Even so, Castillo’s Apprendi claim lacks merit. True,
after Apprendi, the jury should have been charged to find the drug
amount. See United States v. Miranda, 248 F.3d 434, 445 (5th Cir.
2001), cert. denied, 122 S. Ct. 410 (2001), and 122 S. Ct. 823
(2002). Nevertheless, Castillo has failed to show that the error,
although plain, seriously affected the fairness of the proceedings.
See United States v. Cotton, 122 S. Ct. 1781, 1785-86 (2002).
Therefore, regardless whether Apprendi applies retroactively to
cases on collateral review, Castillo cannot show that the district
court’s failure to instruct the jury on drug quantity entitles him
to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 relief. Accordingly, the district court’s
judgment is
AFFIRMED.
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