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Summary: Case: 10-20111 Document: 00511234388 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/15/2010 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED September 15, 2010 No. 10-20111 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee v. EDILBERTO AYESTAS ZELAYA, also known as Ediberto Isae Ayestas, also known as Edilberto Isae Ayestas Zelaya, also known as Edilberto Ayesta, also known as Edilberto Isae Ayestas-Zelaya, also known as Edi
Summary: Case: 10-20111 Document: 00511234388 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/15/2010 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED September 15, 2010 No. 10-20111 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee v. EDILBERTO AYESTAS ZELAYA, also known as Ediberto Isae Ayestas, also known as Edilberto Isae Ayestas Zelaya, also known as Edilberto Ayesta, also known as Edilberto Isae Ayestas-Zelaya, also known as Edil..
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Case: 10-20111 Document: 00511234388 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/15/2010
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
September 15, 2010
No. 10-20111
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
EDILBERTO AYESTAS ZELAYA, also known as Ediberto Isae Ayestas, also
known as Edilberto Isae Ayestas Zelaya, also known as Edilberto Ayesta, also
known as Edilberto Isae Ayestas-Zelaya, also known as Edilberto Ayestas-
Zelaya,
Defendant - Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:09-CR-268-1
Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Edilberto Ayestas Zelaya pled guilty to illegal reentry following
deportation after conviction of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C.
§§ 1326(a), (b)(1), and was sentenced to twenty-three months in prison. Ayestas
Zelaya appeals his sentence, arguing that the district court erred when it
increased his offense level by eight levels pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C).
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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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Ayestas Zelaya argues his second state conviction for simple possession did not
constitute an aggravated felony but concedes that his argument is foreclosed by
United States v. Cepeda-Rios,
530 F.3d 333, 335-36 (5th Cir. 2008).
After Ayestas Zelaya filed his brief, however, the Supreme Court held in
an immigration proceeding that “when a defendant has been convicted of a
simple possession offense that has not been enhanced based on the fact of a prior
conviction, he has not been ‘convicted’ under [8 U.S.C.] § 1229b(a)(3) of a ‘felony
punishable’ as such ‘under the Controlled Substances Act.’” Carachuri-Rosendo
v. Holder,
130 S. Ct. 2577, 2589 (2010). The Supreme Court noted that “[t]he
mere possibility that the defendant’s conduct, coupled with facts outside of the
record of conviction, could have authorized a felony conviction under federal law
is insufficient . . . .”
Id.
Ayestas Zelaya now moves, without opposition, to vacate and remand for
resentencing. IT IS ORDERED that, in light of Carachuri-Rosendo, Ayestas
Zelaya’s motion to vacate his sentence and to remand his case to the district
court for resentencing is GRANTED. The motion to issue the mandate forthwith
is also GRANTED.
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