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Parties Involved:
Esteban Corona-Rosales
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-41027

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ESTEBAN CORONA-ROSALES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 2:14-CR-282-1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Esteban Corona-Rosales 

raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 

F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed (June 19, 2015) (No. 14-

10355). In Martinez-Lugo, 792 F.3d at 204-05, we held that an enhancement 

under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) for a prior conviction of a drug trafficking 

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

October 22, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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offense is warranted regardless whether the conviction for the prior offense 

required proof of remuneration or commercial activity.

Thus, the Government’s unopposed motion for summary affirmance is 

GRANTED, the alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is 

DENIED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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