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United States v. Fredi Mendoza-Cortes, 14-40027 (2014)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Number: 14-40027 Visitors: 19
Filed: Aug. 29, 2014
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: Case: 14-40027 Document: 00512751147 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/29/2014 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 14-40027 Conference Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED August 29, 2014 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. FREDI ARMANDO MENDOZA-CORTES, also known as Fredy Armando Mendoza-Cortez, also known as Bernardo Hernandez, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Te
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     Case: 14-40027      Document: 00512751147         Page: 1    Date Filed: 08/29/2014




           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


                                    No. 14-40027
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                          August 29, 2014
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

FREDI ARMANDO MENDOZA-CORTES, also known as Fredy Armando
Mendoza-Cortez, also known as Bernardo Hernandez,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant


                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:13-CR-1245-1


Before CLEMENT, PRADO, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Fredi Armando Mendoza-
Cortes raises an argument that he concedes is foreclosed by United States v.
Rodriguez-Escareno, 
700 F.3d 751
, 753-54 (5th Cir. 2012), cert. denied, 
133 S. Ct. 2044
(2013), which held that the sentence enhancement provided for in
U.S.S.G. ยง 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) applies to a conviction for the federal crime of



       * 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.
    Case: 14-40027   Document: 00512751147    Page: 2   Date Filed: 08/29/2014


                               No. 14-40027

conspiracy to commit a federal drug trafficking offense. The unopposed motion
for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court
is AFFIRMED.




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