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Parties Involved:
Humberto Yecid Castro Gomez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-20712

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

HUMBERTO YECID CASTRO GOMEZ, also known as Humberto Yacid 

Castro, also known as Humberto Castro Gomez, also known as Humberto 

Yacid Castro Gomez, also known as Robert Gomez,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CR-201-1

Before JOLLY, GRAVES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Humberto Yecid Castro 

Gomez raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Teran-Salas, 

767 F.3d 453, 458-62 (5th Cir. 2014), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 1892 (2015). In 

Teran-Salas, we determined that the appellant was not entitled to relief based 

merely on the existence of a theoretical possibility that the defendant could be 

 

* 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

August 18, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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convicted under Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.112(a) for conduct that 

would not qualify as a federal drug trafficking offense. See Teran-Salas, 767 

F.3d at 458. Castro Gomez has not demonstrated “a realistic probability that 

Texas would prosecute under an ‘administering’ theory in a way that does not 

also constitute either ‘dispensing’ or ‘distributing’ under the federal sentencing 

guidelines.” Id. at 461-62.

Castro Gomez also raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States 

v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed

(June 19, 2015) (No. 14-10355). In Martinez-Lugo,782 F.3d at 204-05, we held 

that an enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) for a prior conviction 

of a drug trafficking offense is warranted regardless whether a conviction for 

the prior offense required proof of remuneration or commercial activity.

The motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative 

motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgment of 

the district court is AFFIRMED.

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