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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Enrique Vasquez-Martinez
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-40172

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ENRIQUE VASQUEZ-MARTINEZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 2:14-CR-644-1

Before JOLLY, GRAVES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Enrique Vasquez-Martinez 

raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Rodriguez, 711 F.3d 

541, 562-63 & n.28 (5th Cir. 2013) (en banc), in which we held that the generic, 

contemporary definition of “sexual abuse of a minor” does not require the age 

of consent to be below 17 years old and does not include the asserted agedifferential requirement. He also raises an argument that he concedes is 

 

* 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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foreclosed by United States v. Elizondo-Hernandez, 755 F.3d 779, 782 (5th Cir. 

2014), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 1011 (2015), which held that the Texas offense of 

indecency with a child by contact satisfied the generic definition of “sexual 

abuse of a minor.” The motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the 

judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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