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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando Antonio BONILLA, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 04-50005.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided July 13, 2004.
    Diane D. Kirstein, Joseph H. Gay, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorneys Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Felipe Andres, Law Office of Phil. Martinez, Waco, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Fernando Antonio Bonilla appeals his sentence for his conviction for illegal reentry following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.

Bonilla contends that the district court erred when it increased his offense level by 16 levels because his deferred adjudication for the Texas offense of injury to a child was not a final felony conviction for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A).

A Texas deferred adjudication may be counted as a felony conviction under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1). United States v. Valdez-Valdez, 143 F.3d 196, 203 (5th Cir. 1998). Bonilla’s attempt to distinguish his case from Valdez-Valdez is unavailing. The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5 th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5 th Cir. R. 47.5.4.