Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sammie L. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-11-08
Citations: 204 F. App'x 484
Docket Number: No. 03-30868
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sammie L. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 204
Pages: 484–485

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sammie L. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-30868.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 8, 2006.
Josette Louise Cassiere, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Rebecca L. Hudsmith, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, for D efendant-App ellant.
Before DAVIS, SMITH and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PER CURIAM:
In our previous opinion in this case, we affirmed Appellant Williams's conviction and sentence. See United States v. Williams, 113 Fed.Appx. 620 (5th Cir. 2004) (per curiam) (unpublished). Following our judgment, the defendant timely petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari alleging for the first time in his petition that the use of the mandatory Sentencing Guidelines violated his Sixth Amendment rights. The Supreme Court granted the writ, vacated defendant's sentence, and remanded to this court for consideration of defendant's sentence in light of its decision in United, States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). We now reconsider the matter and decide to reinstate our previous judgment affirming Williams's conviction and sentence.
Absent extraordinary circumstances, we will not consider a defendant's Booker-related claims presented for the first time in a petition for writ of certiorari. United States v. Taylor, 409 F.3d 675, 676 (5th Cir.2005). Had Williams raised his Booker-related claims in his initial appellate brief, this court would have reviewed the argument for plain error. Id. at 677. Williams concedes that he cannot show that any error affected his substantial rights, as is required under our circuit's plain error review. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 521-22 (5th Cir. 2005) . Because Williams fails plain error review, he also fails to show extraordinary circumstances, which is a more demanding standard. Taylor, 409 F.3d at 677.
Williams's structural-error and presumptive-prejudice contentions are also foreclosed. See United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 411 F.3d 597, 601 (5th Cir. 2005); United States v. Malveaux, 411 F.3d 558, 561 & n. 9 (5th Cir.2005).
For the reasons stated above, our prior disposition remains in effect and we REINSTATE OUR EARLIER JUDGMENT affirming Williams's conviction and sentence.
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.