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Parties Involved:
Andres Mendoza-Lazalde
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-51109

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ANDRES MENDOZA-LAZALDE,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 3:15-CR-1948-1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Andres Mendoza-Lazalde, federal prisoner # 59855-380, was sentenced 

to 46 months of imprisonment for smuggling goods and facilitating the 

smuggling of goods from the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 554. He 

has filed a motion for the appointment of counsel and leave to proceed in forma 

pauperis (IFP) on appeal.

The district court entered the judgment of conviction on April 4, 2016. 

Mendoza-Lazalde filed a pro se notice of appeal at the earliest on August 30, 

 

* 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 22, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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2016, well beyond the time for appealing and for extending the appeal period. 

See FED. R.APP. P. 4(b)(1)(A), (b)(4). The appeal, which was filed far outside 

the time limit, is frivolous. See United States v. Leijano-Cruz, 473 F.3d 571, 

574 (5th Cir. 2006). Consequently, Mendoza-Lazalde’s appeal is DISMISSED, 

see 5TH CIR. R. 42.2, and his motion for the appointment of counsel and leave 

to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED.

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