Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-19 00:00:40.524529+00
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Case: 23-50064         Document: 00516824879             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/18/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50064
                                     Summary Calendar                                   FILED
                                     ____________                                     July 18, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jaime Raul Hernandez-Roldan,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 6:22-CR-131-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Haynes, Graves, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jaime Raul Hernandez-Roldan pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the
   United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). The district court sentenced
   him to 21 months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release.
          For the first time on appeal, Hernandez-Roldan challenges the
   condition of his supervised release which provides that, if the probation

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   officer determines that Hernandez-Roldan presents a risk to another person,
   the probation officer may require Hernandez-Roldan to notify the person of
   that risk and may contact the person to confirm that notification occurred.
   Hernandez-Roldan 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, 452 (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 Hernandez-Roldan’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 as MOOT.

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