Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Ruben ARGUETA-PADILLA, Also Known as Alejandro Argueta-Rivera, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-20
Citations: 532 F. App'x 500
Docket Number: No. 11-41161
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Ruben ARGUETA-PADILLA, Also Known as Alejandro Argueta-Rivera, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 532
Pages: 500–500

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Ruben ARGUETA-PADILLA, Also Known as Alejandro Argueta-Rivera, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-41161
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 20, 2013.
Eileen K. Wilson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Philip Thomas Cowen, Esq., Law Office of Philip Cowen, Brownsville, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Jose Ruben Argueta-Padilla, Post, TX, pro se.
Before SMITH, PRADO, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Argueta-Padilla appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction of being found unlawfully present in the United States after deportation. He asserts that the district court plainly erred in applying a sixteen-level enhancement pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(i).
Because Argueta-Padilla did not object to the enhancement in the district court, review is limited to plain error. See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135, 129 S.Ct. 1423, 173 L.Ed.2d 266 (2009). To show plain error, Argueta-Padilla must show a forfeited error that is clear or obvious and that affects his substantial rights. See id. If he makes such a showing, this court has the discretion to correct the error, but only if it seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings. Henderson v. United States, — U.S. —, 133 S.Ct. 1121, 1123, 185 L.Ed.2d 85 (2013).
Argueta-Padilla concedes that his conviction of count one in Maryland Case No. 105209C for distribution of a controlled dangerous substance qualifies as a drug-trafficking offense. In view of that concession, he cannot show any error, much less plain error, in the application of the enhancement. Argueta-Padilla's motion to withdraw counsel and appoint new counsel is DENIED.
The judgment of sentence 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.