Pursuant to 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 , the court has determined that this opinionshould not * be publishe d an d is not precedent except under the limited circu mstance s set forth in 5 T H C IR . R. 47.5 .4. 

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rom t h e U n i t ed S t ates D i st ri ctC ou rt f or t h e S ou t h ern D i st ri ctof T exas U SD C N o. 7: 08- C R - 485- 1 B ef ore K IN G , ST E W A R T , an d H AY N E S , C i rcui tJu dg es. P E R C U R I A M: * O scar A lvarez ap pea l s t h e sentence im p o sed f ol l ow i n g h i s gui l t y pl ea con victi on f

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ou n d u n l a w full y in the U n i ted S tates su b seq u en t t o dep ort ati on i n vi ol ati on of 8 U . S . C . § 13 26. H e con t en ds t h at the di st ri ctcourt reversibl y erred w h en i tenh an ced his of fen se l evelf

or obst ructi on of

j u st i ce pu rsuan tt o U . S . S . G . § 3C 1. 1. A lvarez does not di spu t e t h at he provi ded a fal se nam e w he n he w as a r r e s t e d, w he n he w as i nt e r vi e w e d b y pr e t r i als e r vi c e s , a nd w he n he a ppe ar e d b e f o r e t he m agi s t r at e j udg e . H o w e ve r , he a r gue s t hatt he United States Court of App eals

Fifth Circuit 

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2 r e c o r d d o e s no ts upp o r tt he de t e r m i nat i o ns t hathe a c t e d w i l l f ul l y andw i t h t he i n t en tt o hi n der j u st i ce. H e al so argues t h at hi s m i srepresen tati on w as not m a te r ia l. W e revi ew a d istr ict co u rt’s fac tu a l f in d in gth a t a d e fen d a n t h a s o b st ructed ju s tic e u n d e r§ 3 C 1 .1 fo rcle a re r r o r . Un i t ed S t ate s v. Pow ers , 168 F. 3d 741, 752 ( 5th C i r. 199 9) . T h e recor d r ef l ect s t h at A lvarez u sed a fal se n am e w h en un der o at h b e f

o r e t h e m agis t r at e j udg e . Thi s c o nduc tw as s uf f i c i e ntt o s upp o r tt he o bs t r uc t i o n o f

j us t i c e e nhan c e m e nt , ev e n wi t ho uta s ho w i ng o f s i gnif i c ant h in d r a n c e . S ee§ 3 C 1 .1 , co m m e n t. (n .4 (f)); Un itedS ta tes v. McD o n a ld , 964 F. 2d 390 , 392 - 93 (5t h C i r. 199 2) . W e al so c on cl u de that t h e di st ri ctcourtdi d n oterr in fin d in gth e m is r e p r e s e n ta tio n m a te r ia l. S ee generall y Un i t ed S t ate s v. Naj era Jim e n e z, N o. 08- 50913, 2010 U . S. A pp. LE X I S 2 2 6 (5t h C i r . Jan. 6, 20 10 ) (c o ns t r ui ng s i m i l arm at e r i al i t y r e quir e m e nti n 1 8 U . S. C. § 1 00 1 and c o n c lu d in gth a t t h e g o v e r n m e n t n e e dn o t s h o w th a t itw a s a c tu a llym is le d in o r d e rfo ra m is r e p r e s e n ta tio n to b e m a te r ia l). T h e r e fo r e , th e d is tr ic t co u r t d id notc l ear l y e r rw hen i ti ncr eas ed Al var ez ’ s of fens e l eve lpurs uant t o § 3C 1. 1. AF F I RMED. Case: 09-40541 Document: 00511028248 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/17/2010