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Parties Involved:
Francisco Jose Torres-Vasquez
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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

October 5, 2005

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-40835 

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

FRANCISCO JOSE TORRES-VASQUEZ, 

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. B-03-CR-36-1 

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ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

This court affirmed the judgment of conviction and sentence

of Francisco Jose Torres-Vasquez. United States v. TorresVasquez, No. 03-40835 (5th Cir. Feb. 18, 2004). The Supreme

Court vacated and remanded for further consideration in light of

United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005). See Salas v.

United States, 125 S. Ct. 1111 (2005). We requested and received

supplemental letter briefs addressing the impact of Booker. 

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Torres-Vasquez argues that he is entitled to resentencing

because the district court sentenced him under a mandatory

application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines prohibited

by Booker. This court will not consider a Booker-related

challenge raised for the first time in a petition for certiorari

absent extraordinary circumstances. United States v. Taylor, 409

F.3d 675, 676 (5th Cir. 2005). 

Torres-Vasquez cannot make the necessary showing of plain

error that is required by our precedent in United States v.

Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 520 n.9 (5th Cir 2005), petition for cert.

filed (Mar. 31, 2005) (No. 04-9517). Torres-Vasquez has also

failed to meet the much more demanding standard for extraordinary

circumstances warranting review of an issue raised for the first

time in a petition for certiorari. See Taylor, 409 F.3d at 677. 

Moreover, this court has rejected his argument that a Booker

error is a structural error or that such error is presumed to be

prejudicial. See Mares, 402 F.3d at 520-22; see also United

States v. Malveaux, 411 F.3d 558, 560 n.9 (5th Cir. 2005),

petition for cert. filed (July 11, 2005) (No. 05-5297). 

Because nothing in the Supreme Court’s Booker decision

requires us to change our prior affirmance in this case, we

reinstate our judgment affirming Torres-Vasquez’s conviction and

sentence.

AFFIRMED.

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