Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernesto ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-23
Citations: 169 F. App'x 826
Docket Number: No. 04-40106
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernesto ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, Chief Judge, JOLLY, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 169
Pages: 826–828

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ernesto ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-40106.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Feb. 23, 2006.
James Lee Turner, Julia Bowen Stern, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Miguel A. Nogueras, Samy K. Khalil, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, JOLLY, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
This court affirmed Ernesto Romero's conviction and sentence. United States v. Romero, 111 Fed.Appx. 330 (5th Cir.2004). The Supreme Court vacated and remanded for further consideration in the light of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). Bolding v. United States, 543 U.S. 1136, 125 S.Ct. 1349, 161 L.Ed.2d 97 (2005). We requested and received supplemental letter briefs addressing the impact of Booker.
In his supplemental brief, Romero argues that the district court's application of mandatory sentencing guidelines was reversible plain error. Romero acknowledges that he did not raise any Booker-rel&ted arguments before the district court or on direct appeal. Instead, he raised the issue for the first time in his amended petition for writ of certiorari. This court recently held that, in the absence of extraordinary circumstances, the court will not consider Boo/cer-related arguments raised for the first time in a petition for a writ of certiorari. United States v. Taylor, 409 F.3d 675, 676 (5th Cir.2005).
Because Romero did not raise his Roofer-related arguments in the district court, we would have reviewed them for plain error had he raised them for the first time on direct appeal. United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 520 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 43, 163 L.Ed.2d 76 (2005). There is no plain error because, as Romero concedes, there is no evidence in the record indicating that the district court would have imposed a lesser sentence under advisory sentencing guidelines. Because Romero has not shown plain error, he cannot satisfy "the much more demanding standard for extraordinary circumstances, warranting review of an issue raised for the first time in a petition for certiorari". Taylor, 409 F.3d at 677.
Alternatively, Romero contends that application of the plain error standard is inappropriate because it would have been futile for him to have objected to application of the mandatory guidelines in the light of Fifth Circuit precedent existing at the time of his sentencing, or because the remedial portion of Booker was novel and unforeseeable at the time of his sentencing. As he acknowledges, these arguments are foreclosed by this court's decision in Mares.
Finally, Romero contends that the Booker error was structural and that prejudice should be presumed. This contention is also foreclosed by Mares. See United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 411 F.3d 597, 601 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 464, 163 L.Ed.2d 352 (2005); United States v. Malveaux, 411 F.3d 558, 561 n. 9 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 194, 163 L.Ed.2d 209 (2005).
For the foregoing reasons, we conclude that nothing in the Supreme Court's Booker decision requires us to change our prior affirmance in this case. We therefore re instate our judgment affirming Romero's conviction and sentence.
JUDGMENT REINSTATED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under tire limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir R. 47.5.4.