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United States v. Salazar-Avila, 01-21170 (2002)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Number: 01-21170 Visitors: 32
Filed: Nov. 01, 2002
Latest Update: Feb. 21, 2020
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 01-21170 Conference Calendar UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JESUS SALAZAR-AVILA, Defendant-Appellant. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. H-01-CR-600-ALL - October 30, 2002 Before DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Jesus Salazar-Avila was convicted for being an alien found unlawfully in the United States following deportation and h
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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                           No. 01-21170
                        Conference Calendar



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JESUS SALAZAR-AVILA,

                                         Defendant-Appellant.

                      --------------------
          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                    USDC No. H-01-CR-600-ALL
                      --------------------
                        October 30, 2002

Before DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Jesus Salazar-Avila was convicted for being an alien found

unlawfully in the United States following deportation and has

appealed his conviction and sentence.   Salazar contends that his

sentence should be vacated because a special condition in the

written judgment requiring him to bear the expense of

drug/alcohol treatment was not orally pronounced at sentencing.

Salazar contends in the alternative that the district court

delegated impermissibly to the Probation Office its authority to

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                            No. 01-21170
                                 -2-

set the amount and timing of payments for the drug/alcohol

treatment services.   Because these arguments were rejected by the

court in United States v. Warden, 
291 F.3d 363
, 365-66 (5th Cir.

2002), Salazar cannot show that the district court abused its

discretion in imposing the special condition.   See 
id. at 365
n.1

(standard of review).

     Salazar argues that the “aggravated felony” provision of

8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v.

New Jersey, 
530 U.S. 466
(2000).   Salazar concedes that his

argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 
523 U.S. 224
(1998).   See United States v. Dabeit, 
231 F.3d 979
, 984

(5th Cir. 2000), cert. denied, 
531 U.S. 1202
(2001).   He

nevertheless seeks to preserve the issue for Supreme Court

review.   The judgment is

     AFFIRMED.

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