Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eloy LIENDO, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-04-04
Citations: 224 F. App'x 370
Docket Number: No. 06-40013
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eloy LIENDO, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DeMOSS, STEWART, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 224
Pages: 370–370

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eloy LIENDO, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 06-40013
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 4, 2007.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Bowen W. Sutton, Law Offices of Bowen W. Sutton, San Antonio, TX, for Defendani>-Appellant.
Before DeMOSS, STEWART, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Eloy Liendo, Jr. appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for transportation of undocumented aliens by means of a motor vehicle for private financial gain. Liendo argues that the district court erred in increasing his offense level pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2Ll.l(b)(5) after finding that the offense "involved intentionally or recklessly creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another person." Even after United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), we review the district court's findings of fact for clear error. United States v. Villanueva, 408 F.3d 193, 202 & n. 9 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 126 S.Ct. 268,163 L.Ed.2d 241 (2005).
The record reflects that Liendo was driving a tractor trailer carrying four illegal aliens. Two of the aliens were hiding in a compartment under the bottom bunk in the trailer's sleeper area from which they could not easily extricate themselves. The district court did not err in concluding that these circumstances qualified as intentional or reckless creation of a "substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another person." See United States v. Rodriguez-Mesa, 443 F.3d 397, 401-03 (5th Cir.2006); U.S.S.G. § 2L1.1, comment.(n.6).
The sentence 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.