Case: 15-40231 Document: 00513307493 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/15/2015
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-40231
Conference Calendar
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
December 15, 2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
JULIO CESAR ESCOBAR-PONCE,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 2:14-CR-695-1
Before JONES, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Julio Cesar Escobar Ponce
raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782
F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 2015 WL 3867557 (Nov. 30, 2015)
(No. 14-10355), in which this court held that an enhancement under U.S.S.G.
§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) for a prior felony conviction of a drug trafficking offense is
warranted regardless whether the prior conviction required proof of
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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remuneration or commercial activity. Accordingly, the motion for summary
disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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