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Summary: Case: 16-50068 Document: 00513758278 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/14/2016 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16-50068 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED November 14, 2016 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. ANDRES CORRAL, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 3:15-CR-1183-1 Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and ELROD, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Andr
Summary: Case: 16-50068 Document: 00513758278 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/14/2016 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16-50068 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED November 14, 2016 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. ANDRES CORRAL, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 3:15-CR-1183-1 Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and ELROD, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Andre..
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Case: 16-50068 Document: 00513758278 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/14/2016
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-50068
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
November 14, 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
ANDRES CORRAL,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 3:15-CR-1183-1
Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Andres Corral pleaded guilty to concealment of goods for illegal export,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 554, attempted illegal export of goods, also in
violation of § 554, and being a felon in possession of ammunition, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 922. Corral was sentenced within the advisory guidelines range
to 51 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for each
offense, to be served concurrently. During the oral pronouncement of Corral’s
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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sentence, the district court stated that Corral was required to “abide by the
special condition that [he] submit to up to one year of intermittent confinement
pursuant to law as directed by the Court.” The written judgment mandated as
follows:
The defendant shall remain in the custody of the Bureau of Prisons
during nights, weekends, or other intervals of time, totaling no
more than the lesser of one year or the term of imprisonment
authorized for the offense, during the first year of the term of
probation or supervised release as directed by the Court.
Corral, who has not yet been released on supervision, argues on appeal
that the district court committed plain error by imposing this special condition
because 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) and U.S.S.G. § 5F1.8 explicitly state that the
condition may be imposed only after a violation of a condition of supervised
release. He contends that the district court imposed the condition “as part of
the original term of supervised release, rather than as a result of a violation of
a condition of supervised release.” The Government argues that Corral’s
argument is not ripe for review.
Because ripeness is a component of subject matter jurisdiction, we
review de novo the issue whether Corral’s challenge to the supervised release
condition is ripe for review. United States v. Magana, ___ F.3d___, No. 15-
50986,
2016 WL 4784024, 1 (5th Cir. Sept. 13, 2016).
Because we are bound by our previous decision in Magana, we must
determine that Corral’s argument is not yet ripe for review. See Magana,
2016
WL 4784024, 2-3 (holding that Magana’s argument was based on mere
speculation that the district court or Bureau of Prisons would disregard the
legal obligations required under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(d) and (e)(2)). Corral argues
that his challenge is ripe for review because the intermittent confinement
condition is contingent upon an event that will occur—the start of Corral’s
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supervised release term—not on a future court decision in a speculative
revocation proceeding. He argues that the district court’s use of the term
“pursuant to law” only shows the court believed it had authority to impose the
condition in the manner it did, not that the court did not err in doing so. The
words “as directed by the Court” do not imply that the court will have a decision
to make in the future. These arguments, however meritorious, are foreclosed
by our previous decision in Magana. Accordingly, Corral’s appeal is
DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
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