Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto Fernando RENDON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-12
Citations: 209 F. App'x 435
Docket Number: No. 05-41452
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto Fernando RENDON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 209
Pages: 435–436

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto Fernando RENDON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-41452
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 12, 2006.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, Plaintiff-Appellee.
Cisneros & Mattingly, Brownsville, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Roberto Fernando Rendon appeals his sentence following his guilty-plea eonvic tion for possession of more than five kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute. He argues that the district court erred by increasing his sentence on the basis of facts neither admitted by him nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Because the district court was not operating under a mandatory guidelines regime when it sentenced Rendon, the district court was authorized to find pertinent sentencing facts. United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 516-20 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, - U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 43, 163 L.Ed.2d 76 (2005). Rendon also contends that the district court wrongly considered the Sentencing Guidelines as mandatory despite the decision in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). This assertion is unsupported by the record. Consequently, 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.