Opinion
No. 15-11187
02-21-2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. AMILCAR LINARES-MAZARIEGO, also known as Amilcar Linares, Defendant-Appellant
Conference Calendar 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:
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. --------
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. 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.