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Parties Involved:
Medardo Hernandez-Mejia
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-50886

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MEDARDO HERNANDEZ-MEJIA,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 1:13-CR-256-1

Before DAVIS, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Medardo Hernandez-Mejia 

raises arguments that are foreclosed by United States v. Teran-Salas, 767 F.3d 

453, 458-62 (5th Cir. 2014), cert. denied, 135 S. Ct. 1892 (2015). In TeranSalas, we determined that the appellant was not entitled to relief based merely 

on the existence of a theoretical possibility that the defendant could be 

convicted under Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.112(a) for conduct that 

 

* 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

June 16, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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would not qualify as a federal drug trafficking offense. See Teran-Salas, 767 

F.3d at 458. Hernandez-Mejia has not demonstrated “a realistic probability 

that Texas would prosecute under an ‘administering’ theory in a way that does 

not also constitute either ‘dispensing’ or ‘distributing’ under the federal 

sentencing guidelines.” Id. at 461-62. Accordingly, the Government’s motion 

for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative motion for an extension 

of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgment of the district court is 

AFFIRMED. 

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