Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-ca5-15-20487/USCOURTS-ca5-15-20487-0/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
Arturo Montes Benavides
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-20487

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ARTURO MONTES BENAVIDES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:15-CR-173-1

Before KING, DENNIS, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Arturo Montes Benavides

raises arguments that are foreclosed by United States v. Gonzalez-Longoria, 

831 F.3d 670 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc), petition for cert. filed (Sept. 30, 2016) 

(No. 16-6259). In Gonzalez-Longoria, 831 F.3d at 672, 677-78, we held that 

18 U.S.C. § 16(b) is not unconstitutionally vague on its face in light of 

Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015), and can be applied without 

 

* 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 19, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

Case: 15-20487 Document: 00513802273 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/19/2016
No. 15-20487

2

violating due process. Accordingly, the 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.

Case: 15-20487 Document: 00513802273 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/19/2016