United States v. Rigoberto Figueroa-Benitez

Case: 13-41151 Document: 00512666276 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/17/2014

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-41151
Conference Calendar
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit

FILED
June 17, 2014
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

RIGOBERTO FIGUEROA-BENITEZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 7:13-CR-904-1

Before KING, HAYNES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Rigoberto Figueroa-Benitez
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. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) applies to a conviction for the federal crime of
conspiracy to commit a federal drug-trafficking offense. The unopposed motion

* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court
is AFFIRMED.

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