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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eduardo MADRID-MANRIQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 04-50426.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Dec. 29, 2004.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Donna F. Coltharp, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before GARZA, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Eduardo Madrid-Manriquez (“Madrid”) appeals from his bench-trial conviction of illegal-reentry, a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Madrid challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to dismiss his indictment on the ground that the January 2000 deportation forming the basis for the indictment in the instant case violated his due process rights because the deportation order was based on a 1997 conviction of driving while intoxicated (“DWI”). He emphasizes that in United States v. Chapa-Garza, 243 F.3d 921, 927 (5th Cir. 2001), this court held that a felony DWI conviction could not be used as a basis for a sentence enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A), because it was not a “crime of violence” and thus did not qualify as an “aggravated felony.” See also Leocal v. Ashcroft, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 377, 379, 160 L.Ed.2d 271 (2004).

The denial of a motion to dismiss an indictment is reviewed de novo. United States v. Wilson, 249 F.3d 366, 371 (5th Cir.2001). To challenge the validity of an underlying deportation order, an alien must establish that: (1) the prior deportation hearing was fundamentally unfair; (2) the hearing effectively eliminated the alien’s right to seek judicial review of the removal order; and (3) the procedural deficiencies caused actual prejudice. United States v. Lopez-Vasquez, 227 F.3d 476, 483 (5th Cir.2000); 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d). Madrid has failed to show that his deportation proceeding was fundamentally unfair inasmuch as it did not violate his procedural due process rights. See United States v. Lopez-Ortiz, 313 F.3d 225, 230 (5th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1135, 123 S.Ct. 922, 154 L.Ed.2d 827 (2003). The court need not reach the appellants’ remaining arguments. See id. at 231; Lopez-Vasquez, 227 F.3d at 485.

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
       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.