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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Hector CRUZ-ESTEBAN, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 10-11066
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    May 18, 2011.
    Nancy E. Larson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Jason Douglas Hawkins, Federal Public Defender, Bonita L. Gunden, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Defendanh-Appellant.
    Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Hector Cruz-Esteban appeals from his guilty-plea conviction for being found in the United States after having previously been removed following a felony conviction. He argues for the first time on appeal that the district court failed to advise him of five of his rights as required under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure ll(b)(l)(B)-(F). The transcript confirms that the district court did not advise Cruz-Esteban of those rights. Because he did not object to these Rule 11 errors in the district court, we review them for plain error only. United States v. Vonn, 535 U.S. 55, 58-59, 122 S.Ct. 1043, 152 L.Ed.2d 90 (2002). To establish that a Rule 11 violation amounts to plain error, a defendant must demonstrate a “reasonable probability” that he would not have pleaded guilty “but for the error.” United States v. Dominguez Benitez, 542 U.S. 74, 76, 124 S.Ct. 2333, 159 L.Ed.2d 157 (2004).

Most of the rights omitted by the district court were set forth in either the written plea agreement or the district court’s order accepting the guilty plea, both of which Cruz-Esteban acknowledged as correct. He therefore cannot show that his substantial rights were affected by those particular omissions. Moreover, for all of the challenged omissions, he has not demonstrated a reasonable probability that he would not have pleaded guilty if he had been advised of those rights. See Dominguez Benitez, 542 U.S. at 76, 124 S.Ct. 2333. He has therefore failed to show reversible plain error regarding this issue.

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.