Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Oscar ORTIZ-CASTRO, also known as Jose Oscar Castro Ortiz, also known as Oscar Ortiz, also known as Miguel Aguilar, also known as Sponto Moniker, also known as Oscar Jose Luna, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-12-21
Citations: 707 F. App'x 283
Docket Number: No. 16-41725 Summary Calendar
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Oscar ORTIZ-CASTRO, also known as Jose Oscar Castro Ortiz, also known as Oscar Ortiz, also known as Miguel Aguilar, also known as Sponto Moniker, also known as Oscar Jose Luna, Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before JOLLY, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 707
Pages: 283–284

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Oscar ORTIZ-CASTRO, also known as Jose Oscar Castro Ortiz, also known as Oscar Ortiz, also known as Miguel Aguilar, also known as Sponto Moniker, also known as Oscar Jose Luna, Defendant-Appellant
No. 16-41725 Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Filed December 21, 2017
Jason B. Smith, 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, Michael Lance Herman, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant
Before JOLLY, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Oscar Ortiz-Castro, whose release date is March 2, 2018, appeals his 22-month sentence of imprisonment following a conviction upon a guilty plea to illegal reentry. He contends that the 10-level enhancement he received should have been a 4-level enhancement, citing United States v. Franco-Galvan, 864 F.3d 338 (5th Cir. 2017) and United States v. Bustillos-Peña, 612 F.3d 863 (5th Cir. 2010). After factoring in other considerations, the allegedly correct guidelines range would be 8-14 months instead of the range actually applied, which was 21-27 months.
Ortiz-Castro admits that he failed to raise in the district court the issue he now raises on appeal such that review is for plain error which involves four prongs. United States v. Escalante-Reyes, 689 F.3d 415, 419 (5th Cir. 2012) (en banc). The fourth prong, which is not automatic, provides for this court to determine whether to exercise its discretion to recognize the error. Id. at 425. There is no precise formula for the exercise of this discretion, but we have held that conduct demonstrating recidivism, among other considerations, supports denial of discretionary relief. United States v. Davis, 602 F.3d 643, 650-52 (5th Cir. 2010).
Accordingly, we pretermit consideration of the first three prongs of plain error review because we conclude that Ortiz-Castro fails the fourth prong. Ortiz-Castro is a former gang member, and, more importantly, as the district court noted, committed this instance of illegal reentry "basically less than 60 days" after his prior deportation, evidencing recidivistic conduct. Reviewing that fact together with all the specifics of Ortiz-Castro's history and crimes, we decline to exercise our discretion to grant relief.
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.
. Ortiz-Castro did not receive a term of supervised release.
, The Supreme Court has granted certiorari to determine whether the exercise of discretion is limited to cases that "shock the conscience." Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 2017 WL 2505758, — U.S. -, 138 S.Ct. 55, 198 L.Ed.2d 781 (2017). We need not address the parameters of that standard because the result is the same here even if we apply the less onerous test set forth in the en banc majority opinion in United States v. Escalante-Reyes, 689 F.3d at 425-26.