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Case: 16-40917      Document: 00513882933         Page: 1    Date Filed: 02/21/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                    No. 16-40917
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                         February 21, 2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

OCTAVIO LOPEZ-RODRIGUEZ,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 5:15-CR-1204-1

Before JOLLY, PRADO, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Octavio Lopez-Rodriguez
raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Betancourt, 586 F.3d
303, 308-09 (5th Cir. 2009), which held that knowledge of drug type and
quantity is not an element of a 21 U.S.C. § 841 offense. Nor is knowledge of
drug type and quantity an element of an offense under either 21 U.S.C. § 952(a)
or 21 U.S.C. § 960(a). See United States v. Valencia-Gonzales, 172 F.3d 344,

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
    Case: 16-40917    Document: 00513882933   Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/21/2017

                               No. 16-40917

345-46 (5th Cir. 1999); United States v. Restrepo-Granda, 575 F.2d 524, 527
(5th Cir. 1978).     Accordingly, the motion for summary disposition is
GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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