Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joseph Jose BENITEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-14
Citations: 485 F. App'x 735
Docket Number: No. 11-20419
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joseph Jose BENITEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, JOLLY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 485
Pages: 735–736

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Joseph Jose BENITEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-20419
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 14, 2012.
Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Cynthia Jean-Marie Cline, Esq., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, JOLLY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
On January 4, 2012, we granted the Government's motion for summary affir-mance, because we were bound by our precedent which held that the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA) does not apply retroactively to a defendant who is sentenced after the effective date of the FSA but whose offense preceded the FSA's effective date. United States v. Benitez, 456 Fed.Appx. 446 (5th Cir.2012) (citing United States v. Tickles, 661 F.3d 212, 214-15 (5th Cir.2011)).
After our opinion was issued, the Supreme Court held in Dorsey v. United States, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2321, 183 L.Ed.2d 250 (2012), that the more lenient penalties of the FSA apply to offenders who committed offenses before the effective date of the FSA, but who were sentenced after that date. We therefore VACATE Benitez's sentence and REMAND this case for resentencing consistent with Dorsey.
VACATED and REMANDED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.