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Case: 19-50091      Document: 00515250339         Page: 1    Date Filed: 12/27/2019

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                   United States Court of Appeals

                                    No. 19-50091
                                                                            Fifth Circuit

                                                                          FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                December 27, 2019
                                                                     Lyle W. Cayce
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                                 Clerk

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JUAN ALBERTO MACIAS-COLMENERO,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                  Appeals from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:18-CR-212-1

Before SMITH, DENNIS, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Juan Alberto Macias-Colmenero pleaded guilty to one count of illegal
reentry into the United States after a previous removal. The district court
sentenced him to 57 months of imprisonment and imposed a three-year term
of supervised release. Macias-Colmenero argues that the district court erred
in applying criminal history points for his 1996 sentence for driving with a
suspended license and 1997 sentences for possession with intent to distribute

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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marijuana and importation of marijuana because, he contends, they occurred
beyond the 10- and 15-year periods for counting offenses under U.S.S.G.
§ 4A1.2(e).   That section of the Guidelines says to count in a defendant’s
criminal history score “[a]ny prior sentence of imprisonment exceeding one
year and one month that was imposed within fifteen years of the defendant’s
commencement of the instant offense,” in addition to “[a]ny other prior
sentence that was imposed within ten years of the defendant’s commencement
of the instant offense.”
      The presentence report (PSR) stated that Macias “indicated to
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents he last entered the United
States illegally on or about April 3, 2005.” Macias-Colmenero contends that
the instant offense of illegal reentry commenced on September 9, 2018, the
date he was arrested, rather than April 3, 2005, the date he illegally reentered
the United States. This argument is without merit, as this court has explained
that “when determining whether a prior conviction meets the time-period
requirement for assessing criminal history points under § 4A1.2(e), the
triggering date is that of the defendant’s illegal reentry, not the date on which
the defendant was found by immigration authorities in the United States.”
United States v. Ponce, 896 F.3d 726, 728 (5th Cir. 2018).
      Outside of a mere denial at sentencing that he did not reenter the United
States on April 3, 2005, Macias-Colmenero did not provide any evidence to
rebut the information contained in the PSR. This mere denial was insufficient
to show that the PSR was inaccurate or unreliable. See United States v.
Washington, 480 F.3d 309, 320 (5th Cir. 2007); United States v. Solis, 299 F.3d
420, 455 (5th Cir. 2002). The probation officer relied on Macias-Colmenero’s
immigration file in finding that the instant offense commenced on April 3,
2005, and the officer showed that document to the district court at sentencing.

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Macias-Colmenero has not shown that the district court clearly erred in finding
that his 1996 and 1997 sentences were imposed within 10 and 15 years,
respectively, of the time the instant offense commenced in 2005 and in applying
criminal history points to those sentences under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.1 and § 4A1.2.
See § 4A1.1(a), (b); § 4A1.2(c)(1), (e)(1)(2); United States v. Alaniz, 726 F.3d
586, 618 (5th Cir. 2013); United States v. Compian-Torres, 712 F.3d 203, 207
(5th Cir. 2013).
      For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.

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