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Parties Involved:
Cesar Contreras-Orosco
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-10193

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

CESAR CONTRERAS-OROSCO,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 3:17-CR-258-1

Before KING, GRAVES, and WILLETT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Cesar Contreras-Orosco pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the United 

States after a previous removal and possession of a firearm by a convicted 

felon. The district court sentenced him to concurrent terms of 120 months of 

imprisonment. Relying on Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), 

Contreras-Orosco argues that the factual basis was insufficient to support his 

* 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

January 28, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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guilty plea conviction for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon because 

it did not establish that he knew of his prohibited status.

Because Contreras-Orosco did not raise this objection in the district 

court, we review for plain error only. See United States v. Ortiz, 927 F.3d 868, 

872 (5th Cir. 2019). On plain error review, a defendant must establish an error 

or defect that is clear or obvious, rather than subject to reasonable dispute, and 

that affected his substantial rights. Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135 

(2009). Once those conditions have been met, this court has discretion to 

correct the forfeited error if it seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public 

reputation of judicial proceedings. Id.

The record in its entirety, including the factual resume, presentence 

report, rearraignment transcript, and documentation related to ContrerasOrosco’s state convictions, shows that Contreras-Orosco knew of his status as 

a convicted felon. Contreras-Orosco thus has failed to demonstrate beyond 

reasonable dispute that he lacked awareness of his status as a convicted felon 

at the time of his firearm possession. See id.; Ortiz, 927 F.3d at 872-73. 

Accordingly, he has not shown that the district court clearly or obviously erred 

by accepting the factual basis for his guilty plea conviction for possession of a 

firearm by a convicted felon. See Puckett, 556 U.S. at 135; Ortiz, 927 F.3d at 

872-73.

AFFIRMED.

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