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Parties Involved:
Pedro Madrigal-Ferreira
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

F I L E D

February 2, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-20387

Summary Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

PEDRO MADRIGAL-FERREIRA,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. H-02-CR-669-ALL

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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Pedro Madrigal-Ferreira appeals his sentence following his

guilty plea conviction of illegal reentry. Madrigal first argues

that the district court erred in considering higher offense

levels, as opposed to higher criminal history categories, when it

departed upward based upon a dismissed count pursuant to U.S.S.G.

§ 5K2.21. This court has not addressed the issue whether a

sentencing court must depart horizontally when departing pursuant

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to § 5K2.21; thus, Madrigal has not shown that the district court

plainly erred in so doing. See United States v. Hull, 160 F.3d

265, 271-72 (5th Cir. 1998). 

Second, Madrigal asserts that, because the written judgment

does not conform to the court’s oral pronouncement of the

sentence, this case must be remanded to the district court for it

to amend the written judgment by striking the condition of

release that Madrigal not possess any other dangerous weapon. 

This court recently addressed this same issue and rejected it. 

See United States v. Torres-Aguilar, ___ F.3d ___, No. 03-40055,

2003 WL 22853762 (5th Cir. Dec. 3, 2003). Accordingly, the issue

is foreclosed. 

AFFIRMED.

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