Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny Franklin MELTON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-06-22
Citations: 135 F. App'x 728
Docket Number: No. 04-11355
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny Franklin MELTON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 135
Pages: 728–729

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Danny Franklin MELTON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-11355.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided June 22, 2005.
Charles William Brown, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jason Douglas Hawkins, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Danny Franklin Melton appeals his sentence following his guilty-plea conviction of theft or receipt of stolen mail matter. Melton argues that his three-year term of supervised release should be vacated because, now that the Sentencing Guidelines are advisory rather than mandatory under United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), the district court was not required to impose supervised release. Because Melton did not raise the issue of his supervised-release term in the district court, review is limited to plain error. See United States v. Vonn, 535 U.S. 55, 59, 122 S.Ct. 1043, 152 L.Ed.2d 90 (2002). Melton must show: (1) an error; (2) that is clear or plain; (3) that affected his substantial rights; and (4) that seriously affected the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of his judicial proceedings. See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 732-35, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993).
The district court erred in imposing Melton's term of supervised release under the mandatory Sentencing Guidelines scheme, and this error was obvious after Booker. See United States v. Valenzuela-Quevedo, 407 F.3d 728, 733 (5th Cir.2005). However, Melton has not shown that the error affected his substantial rights as he has not shown that the record demonstrates that the district court judge would have imposed a different or lesser supervised-release term under a Booker advisory regime. See id. at 733-34. Therefore, he has not met the requirements to show plain error. The district court's judgment is AFFIRMED.
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.