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Case: 22-40370        Document: 00516748645             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/12/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit                                       United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit

                                     ____________                                    FILED
                                                                                 May 12, 2023
                                      No. 22-40370                              Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                                 Clerk
                                    ____________

   United States of America,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Nancy Garcia Toscano,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 2:20-CR-1062-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Plaintiff-Appellee Nancy Garcia Toscano appeals the sentence she
   received for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
   Toscano asserts that the district court erred by imposing a condition of
   supervised release requiring mental health treatment because the condition

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   was not reasonably related to her history and characteristics. For the
   following reasons, we AFFIRM.
          We usually review the imposition of a special condition of supervised
   release for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Gordon, 838 F.3d 597, 604
   (5th Cir. 2016). However, because Garcia Toscano failed to object to this
   condition during the district court proceedings, plain error review applies.
   See United States v. Huerta, 994 F.3d 711, 715 (5th Cir. 2021); United States v.
   Peltier, 505 F.3d 389, 391 (5th Cir. 2007). Garcia Toscano must show, inter
   alia, an error that is clear or obvious. See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S.
   129, 135 (2009).
          Although the record contains no evidence that Garcia Toscano was
   diagnosed with or treated for a mental health issue, there was other evidence
   to give the district court a reason to believe she suffered from a mental health
   condition, see United States v. Alvarez, 880 F.3d 236, 240 (5th Cir. 2018).
   Moreover, there was evidence that reflected “a questionable mental health
   history.” United States v. Gordon, 838 F.3d 597, 604 (5th Cir. 2016). The
   cases Garcia Toscano cites are distinguishable on the facts. To the extent
   Garcia Toscano relies on the lack of a referral to treatment by the psychiatrist
   she saw while in custody, there are not enough facts in the record about her
   encounter with the psychiatrist to support a conclusion that her history did
   not reflect a need for treatment. For all these reasons, the imposition of a
   mental-health treatment condition was not clear or obvious error, if error at
   all. See Puckett, 556 U.S. at 135.
          The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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