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Parties Involved:
Jose De La Cruz Saenz-Aranda
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-50517

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JOSE DE LA CRUZ SAENZ-ARANDA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CR-30-1

Before DAVIS, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Jose De La Cruz SaenzAranda raises arguments that are 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 

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

 

* 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

June 16, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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

F.3d at 458. Saenz-Aranda 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. Accordingly, the Government’s 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.

Case: 14-50517 Document: 00513080225 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/16/2015