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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Cristobal SARCENO-SARCENO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 14-40441
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Aug. 13, 2015.
    Julie Nayar Searle, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before JONES, BENAVIDES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Cristobal Sarceno-Sareeno (Sarceno) pleaded guilty to illegal reentry following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Relevant to this appeal, the district court assessed a 12-level “drug trafficking offense” enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(B) based on Sarce-no’s 2008 New York conviction for criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree.

For the first time on appeal, Sarceno contends that the district court plainly erred in imposing the 12-level enhancement because the New York offense of conviction may be violated by the giving away or sharing of drugs with no remuneration. He argues that the term “drug trafficking offense” in § 2L1.2 requires remuneration.

While the instant appeal was pending, this court rejected the argument that an offense must require remuneration to qualify as a drug trafficking offense under § 2L1.2. United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198, 201-05 (5th Cir.2015). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cm. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.