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Date Created: 2023-01-12 19:01:10.360776+00
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Case: 22-50359        Document: 00516608154             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/12/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50359
                                    Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                    ____________                               January 12, 2023
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                         Clerk

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Julio Cesar Tercero Garcia,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 7:21-CR-360-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Julio Cesar Tercero Garcia pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess
   with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. He received
   a 135-month prison sentence and a five-year term of supervised release.
         For the first time on appeal, Tercero Garcia challenges the condition
   of his supervised release which provides that, if the probation officer

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   determines that Tercero Garcia presents a risk to another person, the
   probation officer may require Tercero Garcia to notify the person of that risk
   and may contact the person to confirm that notification occurred. Tercero
   Garcia contends that this condition constitutes an impermissible 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 Tercero Garcia’s claim is foreclosed by Mejia-
   Banegas.
          In Mejia-Banegas, we held 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,
   and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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