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Case: 22-50841        Document: 00516734246             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/02/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50841
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                                     May 2, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Pablo Carrasco-Cortez,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
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                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 7:22-CR-59-1
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   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Pablo Carrasco-Cortez pleaded guilty to illegal reentry following
   deportation. He was sentenced within the advisory guidelines range to 30
   months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. For
   the first time on appeal, Carrasco-Cortez argues that the district court
   procedurally erred by failing to explain its reasons for imposing supervised

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             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50841        Document: 00516734246              Page: 2       Date Filed: 05/02/2023

                                         No. 22-50841

   release in light of U.S.S.G. § 5D1.1(c), which provides that supervised
   release should “ordinarily” not be imposed where, as here, it is not required
   by statute and the defendant is a deportable alien who is likely to be deported.
           Our review is for plain error. See United States v. Dominguez-Alvarado,
   695 F.3d 324, 327 (5th Cir. 2012) (citing United States v. Mondragon–
   Santiago, 564 F.3d 357, 361 (5th Cir. 2009)). Carrasco-Cortez’s criminal
   history, which includes several convictions for illegal reentry, supports the
   imposition of supervised release. See United States v. Cancino-Trinidad, 710
   F.3d 601, 606-07 (5th Cir. 2013). 1 Additionally, because Carrasco-Cortez has
   failed to show “a reasonable probability that, but for the district court’s
   misapplication of the Guidelines, he would have received a lesser sentence,”
   any error did not affect his substantial rights. Id. at 606 (internal quotation
   marks and citation omitted). Accordingly, he has not shown plain error, and
   the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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              We have affirmed supervised release terms for defendants with comparable
   criminal histories. See, e.g., United States v. Castro-Delgado, No. 21-50789, 2022 WL
   3229981, *1 (5th Cir. Aug. 10, 2022) (per curiam) (unpublished) (noting that the defendant
   had two felony convictions for the transportation of illegal aliens and had previously been
   deported twice); United States v. Rodriguez-Banda, No. 21-50343, 2022 WL 2752178, *1
   (5th Cir. July 13, 2022) (per curiam) (unpublished) (noting that the defendant’s criminal
   history, “particularly his repeated illegal reentry offenses” supported a term of supervised
   release).

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