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Parties Involved:
Rosali Mauricio Ramos-Sorto
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40062

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ROSALI MAURICIO RAMOS-SORTO, also known as Sorto Ramos-Mauricio,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:13-CR-1569-1

Before BENAVIDES, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Rosali Mauricio Ramos-Sorto appealed the 46-month sentence imposed 

following his guilty plea conviction for being found in the United States after 

previous deportation. For the first time on appeal, he contends that the district 

court plainly erred in imposing a 16-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. 

§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) based on his 2001 District of Columbia conviction for 

distribution of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone because the statute 

 

* 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

July 13, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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of conviction, District of Columbia Code §§ 33-541(a)(1), 33-547.1 (1999), does 

not require proof of commercial activity.

This argument is foreclosed by our recent holdings in United States v. 

Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), and United States v. 

Rodriguez-Bernal, 783 F.3d 1002, 1003, 1008 (5th Cir. 2015). Accordingly, 

Ramos-Sorto has shown no clear or obvious error with regard to his sentence. 

See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135 (2009).

AFFIRMED.

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