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Parties Involved:
Marco Antonio Ortiz-Varela
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-51188

c/w No. 14-51191

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARCO ANTONIO ORTIZ-VARELA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CR-535-1

USDC No. 4:14-CR-376-1

Before JOLLY, GRAVES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgments in criminal cases, Marco Antonio Ortiz-Varela 

raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 

F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed (June 19, 2015) (No. 14-

10355). In Martinez-Lugo, 792 F.3d at 204-05, we held that an enhancement 

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

 

* 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

August 18, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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offense is warranted regardless whether the conviction for the prior offense 

required proof of remuneration or commercial activity.

The motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative 

motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgments

of the district court are AFFIRMED.

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