Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul GARCIA-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-02-18
Citations: 88 F. App'x 774
Docket Number: No. 03-20707
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul GARCIA-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 88
Pages: 774–774

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul GARCIA-LOPEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-20707
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 18, 2004.
James Lee Turner, Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, Tony Ray Roberts, US Attorney’s Office, McAllen, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Brent Evan Newton, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Raul Garcia-Lopez appeals the amended judgment resentencing him for illegal reentry of a deported alien, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1).
The sole issue that Garcia-Lopez raises is that the deportation order underlying his 8 U.S.C. § 1326 conviction was obtained in violation of his due process rights and that the district court erred by denying his motion to dismiss the indictment on that basis. According to Garcia-Lopez, his removal proceeding was fundamentally unfair because the immigration judge did not inform him of his eligibility to apply for discretionary relief from deportation. In United States v. Lopez-Ortiz, 313 F.3d 225, 231 (5th Cir.2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1135, 123 S.Ct. 922, 154 L.Ed.2d 827 (2003), this court held that an immigration judge's failure to inform an alien of his eligibility for discretionary relief from deportation does not rise to the level of fundamental unfairness necessary to successfully challenge a deportation order. As we held in a prior order issued in this case, Garcia-Lopez's argument that his deportation order cannot be used to support his conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 is foreclosed by our holding in Lopez-Ortiz.
The judgment of the district court is therefore 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.