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Parties Involved:
Joel Lopez-Ortiz
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

February 18, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-20528

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JOEL LOPEZ-ORTIZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. H-01-CR-591-1

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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Joel Lopez-Ortiz was found guilty following a stipulated

bench trial of being found unlawfully present in the United

States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). He

argues that the indictment should be dismissed under United

States v. Mendoza-Lopez, 481 U.S. 828 (1987), and 8 U.S.C.

§ 1326(d) because the immigration judge who ordered him deported

applied the wrong amendments to the immigration code and

erroneously treated his felony conviction as an “aggravated

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felony.” He concedes that his arguments are foreclosed by Fifth

Circuit precedent as well as the law of the case doctrine, and he

raises them solely to preserve the issues for further review. 

The Government has moved for a summary affirmance in lieu of

filing an appellee’s brief. In its motion, the Government asks

that an appellee’s brief not be required. The motion is GRANTED. 

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

AFFIRMED; MOTION GRANTED. 

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