Case: 09-20329 Document: 00511145603 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/17/2010
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
June 17, 2010
No. 09-20329
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee
v.
MAZEN ABDALLAH; WESAM ABDALLAH,
Defendants – Appellants
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:07-CR-155-4
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
We AFFIRM for essentially the reasons stated by the district court. See
5 TH C IR. R. 47.6. To the extent defendants’ claims of error come anew to this
court and were perforce not addressed below, they are not plain and are rejected.
Mazen Abdallah’s motion for release pending his direct appeal is DISMISSED
as moot.
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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.