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Date Created: 2024-03-22 18:00:32.19905+00
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Case: 23-50557           Document: 63-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/22/2024

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
                                  ____________
                                                                            United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit
                                   No. 23-50557
                                 Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                 ____________                                March 22, 2024
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                         versus

Raul Perez,

                                           Defendant—Appellant.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Texas
                           USDC No. 2:22-CR-557-1
                  ______________________________

Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
      Raul Perez was convicted of conspiring to transport illegal aliens in
violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324 and sentenced to a 30-month prison term and
three years of supervised release. On appeal, Perez argues that the district
court erroneously applied an enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.1(b)(6)

      _____________________
      *
          This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50557        Document: 63-1       Page: 2   Date Filed: 03/22/2024

                                  No. 23-50557

because the evidence did not establish that he created a substantial risk of
death or serious bodily injury.
       Given the record as a whole, including the presentence report and
addendum findings of fact, not rebutted with evidence by Perez at the
sentencing hearing, see United States v. Alaniz, 726 F.3d 586, 619 (5th Cir.
2013), the stipulation of facts offered in support of Perez’s plea, and the
district court’s extensive inquiry and determination at sentencing concerning
Perez’s speech, which we will not disturb, see United States v. Goncalves, 613
F.3d 601, 609 (5th Cir. 2010), it was plausible for the district court to infer
that Perez was driving while intoxicated, see United States v. Ramos-Delgado,
763 F.3d 398, 400 (5th Cir. 2014). We cannot say on the facts of this case
that the court erred by imposing the enhancement. See United States v. Ruiz-
Hernandez, 890 F.3d 202, 212 (5th Cir. 2018).
       Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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