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Parties Involved:
Jorge Alberto Cantu-Sanchez
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

FILED

April 21, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-20690

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JORGE ALBERTO CANTU-SANCHEZ,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. H-02-CR-737-ALL

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Jorge Alberto Cantu-Sanchez was found guilty following a

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), because the

immigration judge who ordered him deported erred in failing to

advise him that he possessed a right to apply for discretionary

relief from deportation for which he was eligible to apply. He

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concedes that his argument is foreclosed by United States v.

Lopez-Ortiz, 313 F.3d 225 (5th Cir. 2002), and he raises the

claim solely to preserve the issue 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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