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Date Created: 2015-08-18 18:01:21.371481+00
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Case: 14-41135      Document: 00513158706         Page: 1    Date Filed: 08/18/2015

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                        United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                 Fifth Circuit

                                                                               FILED
                                    No. 14-41135                         August 18, 2015
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                          Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                               Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

PASTOR MACHUCA-SECUNDINO, also known as Pastor Machuca,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 5:14-CR-279-1

Before JOLLY, GRAVES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Pastor Machuca-Secundino
raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States v. Martinez-Lugo,
782 F.3d 198, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2015), petition for cert. filed (June 19, 2015) (No.
14-10355).      In Martinez-Lugo, 782 F.3d at 204-05, we held that an
enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) for a prior conviction of

       * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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                                No. 14-41135

a drug trafficking offense is warranted regardless whether the conviction for
the prior offense required proof of remuneration or commercial activity.
      Machuca-Secundino also raises an argument that is foreclosed by United
States v. Rodriguez-Escareno, 700 F.3d 751, 753-54 (5th Cir. 2012), which held
that the sentence enhancement provided for in § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) applies to a
conviction for the federal crime of conspiracy to commit a federal drug
trafficking offense.
      Accordingly, the motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the
alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the
judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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