Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Armando LINARES-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-06-27
Citations: 284 F. App'x 128
Docket Number: No. 07-40995
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Armando LINARES-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 284
Pages: 128–129

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Armando LINARES-HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 07-40995
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 27, 2008.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Armando Linares-Hernandez appeals his sentence for unlawful presence in the United States following removal. He asserts that the district court erred by imposing a 16-level enhancement based on his conviction of burglary of a habitation under § 30.02(a)(1) of the Texas Penal Code. Although he recognizes our precedent that this offense is a crime of violence for purposes of U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2, he argues that James v. United States, 550 U.S. 192, 127 S.Ct. 1586, 1599-1600, 167 L.Ed.2d 532 (2007), overrules it.
His argument is unpersuasive. In United States v. Gomez-Guerra, 485 F.3d 301, 303 n. 1 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 156, 169 L.Ed.2d 106 (2007), we noted that James pertains only to a residual provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) that is absent from § 2L1.2. Consequently, James is not dis-positive. Because we have 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. See Gomez-Guerra, 485 F.3d at 304 & n. 3; United States v. Garcia-Mendez, 420 F.3d 454, 456-57 (5th Cir.2005).
The 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.