Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Luis Alberto ESPARZA-CASILLAS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-02-23
Citations: 678 F. App'x 195
Docket Number: No. 16-41159 Summary Calendar
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Luis Alberto ESPARZA-CASILLAS, Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before DAVIS, SOUTHWICK, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 678
Pages: 195–196

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Luis Alberto ESPARZA-CASILLAS, Defendant-Appellant
No. 16-41159 Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Filed February 23, 2017
Carmen Castillo Mitchell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, H. Michael Sokolow, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DAVIS, SOUTHWICK, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Luis Alberto Esparza-Casillas pleaded guilty to one count of illegal reentry and was sentenced to 41 months of imprisonment. Esparza-Casillas has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition arguing for the first time on appeal that the district court committed reversible plain error by convicting, sentencing, and enter ing judgment against him under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) because his prior Texas conviction for aggravated assault is not an "aggravated felony." Relying on Johnson v. United States, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 2551, 192 L.Ed.2d 569 (2015), he argues that the definition of a "crime of violence" in 18 U.S.C. § 16(b), incorporated by reference into the definition of an "aggravated felony" in 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F), is unconstitutionally vague on its face. He acknowledges, however, that his argument is foreclosed by this court's decision in United States v. Gonzalez-Longoria, 831 F.3d 670 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc), petition for cert. filed (Sept. 29, 2016) (No. 16-6259). Accordingly, the motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the district court's judgment 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
. The recent grant of certiorari by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of whether § 16(b) is unconstitutional in light of Johnson in Lynch v. Dimaya, — U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 31, 195 L.Ed.2d 902 (2016), does not alter this analysis. This court is bound by its own precedent unless and until that precedent is altered by a decision of the Supreme Court. See Wicker v. McCotter, 798 F.2d 155, 157-58 (5th Cir. 1986).