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Parties Involved:
Roberto Bermudez-Flores
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-30349

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee 

v. 

ROBERTO BERMUDEZ-FLORES, 

 Defendant - Appellant 

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Eastern District of Louisiana 

USDC No. 2:15-CR-221-1 

Before BARKSDALE, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

Finding the Government breached its plea agreement with the 

defendant, we VACATE his conviction and sentence and REMAND this case 

for reassignment to a different judge.1 Because defense counsel represents 

that the defendant may be released as early as next month, we direct the 

district court to resolve this case expeditiously. 

 

* 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.

1 We remand for proceedings before a different judge not because of any “impartiality 

of the . . . judge who heard this case,” but because our precedent commands this result. 

United States v. Self, 596 F.3d 245, 250 (5th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted).

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

March 10, 2017

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 Case: 16-30349 Document: 00513906237 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/10/2017