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Date Created: 2023-07-11 00:00:33.087009+00
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Case: 23-50065         Document: 00516815420             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/10/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50065
                                     Summary Calendar                                   FILED
                                     ____________                                     July 10, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Adrian De La Torre,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:22-CR-640-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Dennis, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Adrian De La Torre pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the
   harboring of aliens and conspiracy to harbor aliens, in violation of 8 U.S.C.
   § 1324. The district court sentenced him to 33 months of imprisonment and
   three years of supervised release.

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50065      Document: 00516815420          Page: 2   Date Filed: 07/10/2023

                                    No. 23-50065

          For the first time on appeal, De La Torre challenges the condition of
   his supervised release which provides that, if the probation officer
   determines that De La Torre presents a risk to another person, the probation
   officer may require De La Torre to notify the person of that risk and may
   contact the person to confirm that notification occurred. De La Torre
   contends that this condition constitutes an improper delegation of judicial
   authority to the probation officer.     He concedes that his argument is
   foreclosed by our recent decision in United States v. Mejia-Banegas, 32 F.4th
   450 (5th Cir. 2022), but he raises the issue to preserve it for further review.
   The Government has filed an unopposed motion for summary affirmance,
   asserting that De La Torre’s claim is foreclosed by Mejia-Banegas. In the
   alternative, the Government requests an extension of time to file its brief.
          We held in Mejia-Banegas that such a risk-notification condition did
   not impermissibly delegate judicial authority, plainly or otherwise. 32 F.4th
   at 451-52. The parties are thus correct that the issue is foreclosed, and the
   Government is correct that summary affirmance is appropriate.              See
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969). The
   Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the district
   court’s judgment is AFFIRMED, and the Government’s alternative
   motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED.

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