Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfredo COVARRUBIAS, also known as Alfredo Covarrubias-Amaral, also known as Robert Covarrubias, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-10-20
Citations: 111 F. App'x 313
Docket Number: No. 04-10132
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfredo COVARRUBIAS, also known as Alfredo Covarrubias-Amaral, also known as Robert Covarrubias, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 111
Pages: 313–313

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alfredo COVARRUBIAS, also known as Alfredo Covarrubias-Amaral, also known as Robert Covarrubias, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-10132.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Oct. 20, 2004.
Paul Lee Yanowitch, U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Ira Raymond Kirkendoll, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, JONES, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Alfredo Covarrubias appeals his sentence for violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b) by illegally reentering the United States, without permission, following his deportation. Covarrubias contends for the first time on appeal that he should not have been assessed a criminal history point for a prior conviction for shoplifting because that crime is similar to the crime of writing an insufficient-funds check, which is exempt from inclusion in the criminal history calculation. See U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2(c)(l). Covarrubias fails to provide any binding authority holding that the two offenses are similar, and he thus fails to show that the district court made any "clear" or "obvious" error. See United States v. Hull, 160 F.3d 265, 271-272 (5th Cir.1998).
Covarrubias also has filed a letter pursuant to Fed. R.App. P. 28(j) calling our attention to the Supreme Court's recent decision in Blakely v. Washington, - U.S.-, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). However, we have held that Blakely does not apply to the United States Sentencing Guidelines. United States v. Pineiro, 377 F.3d 464, 473 (5th Cir.2004), petition for cert. filed (U.S. July 14, 2004) (No. 04-5263).
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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.