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Parties Involved:
Hector Ruben Morales-Cardenas
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-41206

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

HECTOR RUBEN MORALES-CARDENAS,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:15-CR-1113-1

Before JOLLY, PRADO, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Hector Ruben MoralesCardenas raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. GonzalezLongoria, 831 F.3d 670 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc), petition for cert. filed (Sept. 

29, 2016) (No. 16-6259). In Gonzalez-Longoria, we held that 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), 

which defines a crime of violence when incorporated by reference into U.S.S.G. 

§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(C) (2014), is not unconstitutionally vague on its face in light of 

 

* 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

February 21, 2017

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). Gonzalez-Longoria, 831 F.3d 

at 672. Accordingly, the motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and 

the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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