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Parties Involved:
Hector Ramirez-Quintanilla
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-10236

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

HECTOR RAMIREZ-QUINTANILLA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:15-CR-162-1

Before KING, DENNIS, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Hector Ramirez-Quintanilla appeals the 46-month within-guidelines 

sentence imposed in connection with his conviction for illegal reentry after 

deportation. Ramirez-Quintanilla argues that his case should be remanded for 

resentencing in light of proposed amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines 

applicable to illegal reentry offenses. He did not request that the district court 

 

* 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 8, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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consider the amendments when imposing the sentence; thus, we review for 

plain error. See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 134-35 (2009).

The district court correctly applied the version of the Sentencing 

Guidelines in effect at the time of sentencing. See United States v. RodarteVasquez, 488 F.3d 316, 322 (5th Cir. 2007). The district court did not plainly 

err by failing to consider not yet proposed amendments to the Guidelines. 

Ramirez-Quintanilla is not entitled to a remand for resentencing in light of the 

amendments. See United States v. Posada-Rios, 158 F.3d 832, 880 (5th Cir. 

1998).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 

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