Case: 12-40572 Document: 00512021512 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/16/2012
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
October 16, 2012
No. 12-40572
Conference Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
FERNANDO SERGIO SERNA-RIVERA,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 2:12-CR-73-1
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Fernando Sergio Serna-Rivera
challenges his sentence on the ground that the district court engaged in double
counting by using his prior drug-trafficking conviction to increase both his
offense level and his criminal history score. Serna-Rivera raises the issue to
preserve it for possible further review but concedes that his argument is
foreclosed by United States v. Calbat, 266 F.3d 358, 364 (5th Cir. 2001), and
United States v. Box, 50 F.3d 345, 359 (5th Cir. 1995). See United States v.
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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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Duarte, 569 F.3d 528, 529-31 (5th Cir. 2009). Accordingly, the Government’s
motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the Government’s alternative
motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgment of
the district court is AFFIRMED.
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