Case: 14-41264 Document: 00513180275 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/03/2015
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-41264
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
September 3, 2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
JOSE LAGOS-MARADIAGA,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 5:13-CR-1357-1
Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Jose Lagos-Maradiaga appeals the 30-month sentence imposed following
his guilty plea conviction for illegally reentering the United States after a
previous deportation. For the first time on appeal, he contends that the district
court plainly erred by imposing the 12-level drug trafficking enhancement of
U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(B). We have rejected Lagos-Maradiaga’s argument that
a state drug conviction must involve financial remuneration to constitute a
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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drug trafficking offense under § 2L1.2. See United States v. Martinez-Lugo,
782 F.3d 198, 201-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed (June 19, 2015) (No.
14-10355).
AFFIRMED.
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