Albino

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 05-10146 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-03-00417-DAE

EUGENE K. ALBINO,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii David A. Ezra, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted December 8, 2005* San Francisco, California

Filed December 15, 2005

Before: Melvin Brunetti, Alex Kozinski, and Barry G. Silverman, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

*This panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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COUNSEL

Pamela J. Byrne, Assistant Federal Defender, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the appellant. UNITED STATES v. ALBINO 16413 Thomas Muehleck, Assistant United States Attorney, Hono- lulu, Hawaii, for the appellee.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Eugene Albino appeals the ten-year sentence imposed by the district court following his guilty plea to growing 2,349 marijuana plants. Albino argues that 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1) (A)(vii), which classifies 1000 or more marijuana…