U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2015

United States v. Manuel Uresti-Garza

United States v. Manuel Uresti-Garza
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided August 18, 2015 · King, Clement, Owen
613 F. App'x 388

United States v. Manuel Uresti-Garza

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

Manuel Uresti-Garza appealed the 41-month sentence imposed following his guilty plea conviction for being found in the United States after previous deportation. For the first time on appeal, he contends that the district court plainly erred in imposing a 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) based on his 2011 Nebraska conviction for distribution of a controlled substance because the statute of conviction, Nebraska Revised Statute § 28 — 416(1)(a) (2010), does not require proof of commercial activity.

This argument is foreclosed by our recent holdings in United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed (June 19, 205) (No. 14-10355), and United States v. Rodriguez-Bernal, 783 F.3d 1002, 1003, 1008 (5th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, Uresti-Garza has shown no clear or - obvious error with regard to his sentence. See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135, 129 S.Ct. 1423, 173 L.Ed.2d 266 (2009).

AFFIRMED.

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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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