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Parties Involved:
Julian Dominguez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-40179

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JULIAN DOMINGUEZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 2:15-CR-818-1

Before KING, DENNIS, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Julian Dominguez appeals the 34-month, below-guidelines prison 

sentence he received following his plea of guilty to illegally reentering the 

United States. In this court, he argues that the district court erred at 

sentencing by prohibiting counsel’s argument regarding cultural assimilation

when such arguments are permitted by the commentary to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2.

 

* 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

November 2, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Although he contends that the district court curtailed counsel’s

arguments, Dominguez presented facts regarding his cultural assimilation to 

the court on his own behalf and has furnished no additional facts that he was

prohibited from presenting. Furthermore, in imposing a below-guidelines

sentence, the district court acknowledged Dominguez’s assimilation 

arguments and explicitly relied on Dominguez’s community ties. See § 2L1.2, 

comment. (n.9). Dominguez has shown no error, plain or otherwise. See United 

States v. Rodriguez, 523 F.3d 519, 525 (5th Cir. 2008). Thus, his sentence is 

AFFIRMED.

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