Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Ezequiel MUNOZ-MUNOZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-07-20
Citations: 607 F. App'x 442
Docket Number: No. 14-41285
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Ezequiel MUNOZ-MUNOZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 607
Pages: 442–443

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Ezequiel MUNOZ-MUNOZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-41285.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 20, 2015.
Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Ezequiel Munoz-Munoz appeals the sentence imposed on his conviction for being found unlawfully in the United States following a previous deportation. He argues that the district court plainly erred in assessing the drug trafficking enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) based on his 2011 federal convictions for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. According to Munoz-Munoz, those offenses did not require proof of commercial activity and therefore extend more broadly than the generic definition of a drug trafficking offense.
As he concedes, his argument is reviewed under the plain error standard because it was not raised in the district court. See United States v. Rodriguez-Escareno, 700 F.3d 751, 753 (5th Cir.2012). The drug trafficking enhancement under § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) is not rendered inapplicable merely because the prior conviction did not require proof of remuneration or commercial activity. United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d 198, 202-05 (5th Cir.2015). Contrary to Munoz-Munoz's argument, the federal offenses of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance qualify as drug trafficking offenses under § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i). Rodriguez-Escareno, 700 F.3d at 754. Munoz-Munoz has not demonstrated error, much less plain error, in the district court's assessment of the § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i) enhancement.
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.