Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Rigoberto MOLINA-TRUJILLO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-02-18
Citations: 310 F. App'x 700
Docket Number: No. 08-50437
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Rigoberto MOLINA-TRUJILLO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 310
Pages: 700–700

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Rigoberto MOLINA-TRUJILLO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-50437
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 18, 2009.
Joseph H. Gay, Jr, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Rigoberto Molina-Trujillo presents arguments that he concedes are foreclosed by United States v. Cepeda-Rios, 530 F.3d 333, 335-36 (5th Cir.2008), which held that even after Lopez v. Gonzales, 549 U.S. 47, 127 S.Ct. 625, 166 L.Ed.2d 462 (2006), a second state conviction for simple possession of a controlled substance qualifies as an aggravated felony that supports the imposition of an eight-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(C). The Government's motion for summary affir-mance is GRANTED, and 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
There is split in the circuit courts that have addressed this issue subsequent to Lopez-Compare United States v. Pacheco-Diaz, 506 F.3d 545, 550 (7th Cir.2007) (second state law controlled substance possession conviction constitutes aggravated felony warranting eight-level increase under § 2L1.2(b)(1)(C) with Rashid v. Mukasey, 531 F.3d 438, 446 (6th Cir.2008)) (holding in removal proceeding that second state conviction for misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance did not constitute drug trafficking crime).