United States v. Amilcar Linares-Mazariego

Case: 15-11187 Document: 00513882288 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/21/2017 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 15-11187 Conference Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED February 21, 2017 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff-Appellee v. AMILCAR LINARES-MAZARIEGO, also known as Amilcar Linares, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:15-CR-201-1 Before JOLLY, PRADO, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Amilcar Linares-Mazariego raises an argument that is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 228, 235 (1998), which held that convictions used to enhance a sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) need not be set forth in the indictment. He also raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Gonzalez- Longoria, 831 F.3d 670 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc), petition for cert. filed (Sept. * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. Case: 15-11187 Document: 00513882288 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/21/2017 No. 15-11187 29, 2016) (No. 16-6259). In Gonzalez-Longoria, we held that 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), which defines a crime of violence when incorporated by reference into U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C) (2014), is not unconstitutionally vague on its face in light of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). Gonzalez-Longoria, 831 F.3d at 672. Accordingly, the motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 2