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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Geovani Alexander Vialta
Appellant

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-40513

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

GEOVANI ALEXANDER VIALTA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:14-CR-963-1

Before JONES, SOUTHWICK, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Geovani Alexander Vialta

raises an argument that he concedes is foreclosed by United States v. 

Rodriguez, 711 F.3d 541, 562-63 & n.28 (5th Cir. 2013) (en banc), which 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 age-differential requirement. He also raises an argument that he 

 

* 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

December 15, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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concedes is foreclosed by United States v. Elizondo-Hernandez, 755 F.3d 779, 

781-82 (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 minor.” The motion for summary disposition is 

GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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