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Parties Involved:
Jaime Silva-Mendoza
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-41129

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JAIME SILVA-MENDOZA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:15-CR-442-1

Before REAVLEY, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Jaime Silva-Mendoza raises 

an argument that is 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 a defendant could be convicted under 

Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.112(a) for conduct that would not qualify as 

 

* 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

April 20, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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a federal drug trafficking offense. See Teran-Salas, 767 F.3d at 458. SilvaMendoza 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.” See id. at 461-62.

Silva-Mendoza also raises an argument that is foreclosed by our holding 

in United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 136 S. 

Ct. 533 (2015). In Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d at 204-05, we held that an 

enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) for a prior felony conviction of 

a drug trafficking offense is warranted regardless whether the conviction for 

the prior offense required proof of remuneration or commercial activity.

Accordingly, the Government’s unopposed 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.

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