___________ No. 94-3292 ___________

Richard Wright, * * Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * Western District of Missouri. * United States of America, * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: March 7, 1996 Filed: June 5, 1996 ___________ Before WOLLMAN, HANSEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges. ___________

PER CURIAM.

Richard Wright was convicted of conspiring to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846. In this 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, Wright challenges the application to him of a career- offender enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, arguing that 28 U.S.C. § 994(h) does not include section 846 conspiracy as one of the specified federal narcotics violations that triggers the career-offender enhancement.

We find Wright's argument is foreclosed by United States v. Mendoza- Figueroa, 65 F.3d 691 (8th Cir. 1995) (en banc) (U.S.S.G §§ 4B1.1 and 4B1.2 authorize sentencing persons convicted of drug conspiracies as career offenders), petition for cert. filed (U.S. Dec. 4, 1995) (No. 95-7055). Accordingly, we affirm the district court's1 denial of section 2255 relief.

A true copy.

Attest:

CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

The Honorable Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.

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