ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

The Supreme Court granted Defendant-Appellant Flores’s petition for writ of certiorari, vacated our previous judgment in this case, and remanded the case to this Court for further consideration in light of United States v. Booker, — U.S. —, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). On direct appeal, Flores raised for the first time the claims that: the district court’s upward departure was improper in view of Blakely v. Washington, — U.S. —, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004); and 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). Concluding that those claims were foreclosed by our precedent, we affirmed Flores’s conviction and sentence. See United States v. Flores, 122 Fed.Appx. 720 (5th Cir. 2004) (per curiam) (unpublished).

Flores subsequently filed a petition for writ of certiorari, requesting relief under Booker. After the Supreme Court remanded the case, pursuant to our instructions, the parties briefed the issue of whether Booker impacted Flores’s sentence. We now reconsider the case in light of Booker and decide to reinstate our previous judgment affirming Flores’s conviction and sentence.

Relying on Booker, Flores argues that the Sixth Amendment was violated because his enhanced sentence was based on the district court’s determination of a fact not found by the jury or admitted by the defendant. He further argues that the *264 sentencing pursuant to a mandatory sentencing guidelines system in his case constitutes Booker error.

Flores admits that because he did not raise a Blakely/Booker objection in the district court this claim must be reviewed for plain error. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 520 (5th Cir.), petition for cert. filed, (Mar. 31, 2005) (No. 04-9517). Under the plain error standard, this Court may correct a defendant’s sentence only if there is (1) an error; (2) that is clear and obvious; and (3) that affects the defendant’s substantial rights. Mares, 402 F.3d at 520. If all three requirements are met, an appellate court may exercise its discretion to correct a forfeited error if the error seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Id.

In response to this Court’s question, Flores admits that he “cannot point to any statement in the record that could support an inference that the district court would likely impose a lesser sentence on remand.” Clearly, Flores cannot shoulder his burden of demonstrating that the result would have likely been different had the district court sentenced him under the Booker advisory regime. Mares, 402 F.3d at 522. Flores thus cannot satisfy the third prong of the plain error test. Id. 1 Accordingly, because there is no plain error, we reinstate our judgment affirming the defendant’s conviction and sentence.

AFFIRMED.