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Parties Involved:
Miguel Duran-Arias
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-50222

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff–Appellee,

v.

MIGUEL DURAN-ARIAS,

Defendant–Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 3:14-CR-2040-1

Before KING, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Miguel Duran-Arias appeals the 37-month sentence imposed following 

his guilty plea conviction of illegal reentry. Duran-Arias argues that his 

attorney performed ineffectively at sentencing by failing to present the real 

reason Duran-Arias illegally reentered the United States and by failing to 

object at sentencing. Because the record is not sufficiently developed to allow 

for a fair consideration of these claims, we decline to consider them on direct 

 

* 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

December 15, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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appeal without prejudice to any right Duran-Arias has to raise them on 

collateral review. See United States v. Isgar, 739 F.3d 829, 841 (5th Cir.), cert. 

denied, 135 S. Ct. 123 (2014). 

AFFIRMED.

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