Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert G. BRITTON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-14
Citations: 157 F. App'x 750
Docket Number: No. 04-40529
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert G. BRITTON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 157
Pages: 750–751

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert G. BRITTON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-40529.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Dec. 14, 2005.
Traci Lynne Kenner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Barry A. Bryant, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Texas, Robert G. Brit-ton, Federal Correctional Institution Texarkana, Texarkana, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Robert G. Britton appeals the consecutive 48-month sentences imposed following entry of his guilty pleas to two counts of use of a communication facility to facilitate a drug transaction in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). Relying on United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), Britton contends that the district court plainly erred when it sentenced him pursuant to a mandatory application of the Sentencing Guidelines. Alternatively, Britton asserts that the error is not harmless.
Because Britton did not object on these grounds in the district court, our review is for plain error only. See United States v. Valenzuela-Quevedo, 407 F.3d 728, 732 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 267, 163 L.Ed.2d 240 (2005). Britton bears the burden of showing that (1) there is an error, (2) the error is plain, and (3) the error affects substantial rights. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 520 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 43, — L.Ed.2d — (2005).
In order to establish that the error in his case affects substantial rights, Britton must show that the district court would have reached a significantly different result under an advisory Guidelines system. Id. at 521. Britton has failed to point to anything in the record indicating that the same sentence would not have been imposed had the district court known that the Sentencing Guidelines were advisory. Given the lack of any indication in the record that the district court would have reached a different conclusion, Britton has failed to establish reversible plain error. See id. at 520-22.
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.