Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Vicente Eliseo AGUIRRE-CAVAZOS, also known as Vicente Eliseo Martinez-Cavazos, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-03-26
Citations: 271 F. App'x 406
Docket Number: No. 07-40378
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Vicente Eliseo AGUIRRE-CAVAZOS, also known as Vicente Eliseo Martinez-Cavazos, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 271
Pages: 406–407

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Vicente Eliseo AGUIRRE-CAVAZOS, also known as Vicente Eliseo Martinez-Cavazos, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-40378
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 26, 2008.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern Dis trict of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JONES, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Vincente Elíseo Aguirre-Cavazos appeals his conviction and sentence for being present in the United States following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Aguirre-Cavazos argues that the district court erred in applying a 16-level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii), based on the determination that his 2005 Texas conviction for burglary of a habitation constitute a crime of violence. We review the district court's application of the Sentencing Guidelines de novo and its findings of fact for clear error. United States v. Villanueva, 408 F.3d 193, 202, 203 n. 9 (5th Cir.2005); United States v. Vargas-Duran, 356 F.3d 598, 602 (5th Cir.2004) (en banc).
Aguirre-Cavazos recognizes that this court has previously held that an offense committed under Tex. Penal Code § 30.02(a)(1), the statute of his convictions, is a crime of violence for purposes of § 2L1.2, but he argues that the Supreme Court's recent decision in James v. United States, — U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 1586, 1599-1600, 167 L.Ed.2d 532 (2007), overrules this circuit's precedent. In United States v. Gomez-Guerra, 485 F.3d 301, 303 n. 1 (5th Cir.2007), this court noted that the analysis in James expressly does not concern enumerated offenses and pertains only to a residual provision in 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i), which § 2L1.2 does not contain. Consequently, James is not dis-positive of this case. Moreover, because this court has repeatedly held that an offense under § 30.02(a)(1) constitutes a crime of violence for purposes of § 2L1.2, the district court did not err in applying the enhancement under § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii). See Gomez-Guerra, 485 F.3d at 304 & n. 3; United States v. Garcia-Mendez, 420 F.3d 454, 456-57 (5th Cir.2005); see also United States v. Murillo-Lopez, 444 F.3d 337, 339, 344 (5th Cir. 2006).
In light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), Aguirre-Cavazos challenges the constitutionality of § 1326(b)'s treatment of prior felony and aggravated felony convictions as sentencing factors rather than elements of the offense that must be found by a jury. This argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir.2007), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 128 S.Ct. 872, 169 L.Ed.2d 737 (2008). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court 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.