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Parties Involved:
Valente Sillero-Galindo
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

F I L E D

January 28, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 02-51201

Summary Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

VALENTE SILLERO-GALINDO,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. A-02-CR-127-1-SS

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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Valente Sillero-Galindo (Sillero) appeals his sentence for

conspiring to smuggle illegal aliens and money laundering. He

asserts that the district court erred in imposing a two-level

adjustment for obstruction of justice based upon his flight and

his possession of false identification at the time of his arrest. 

The record reflects that Sillero freely and voluntarily waived

his right to appeal his sentence, except for an upward departure

or claims of ineffective assistance and prosecutorial misconduct. 

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Sillero’s challenge to the upward adjustment is not an upward

departure. See United States v. Gaitan, 171 F.3d 222, 223-24

(5th Cir. 1999).

Because Sillero’s waiver of the right to appeal his sentence

is unambiguous and enforceable, the appeal is DISMISSED for lack

of jurisdiction. See United States v. Martinez, 263 F.3d 436,

438 (5th Cir. 2001).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

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