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Case: 10-51043     Document: 00511640006         Page: 1     Date Filed: 10/21/2011

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

                                                                            FILED
                                                                         October 21, 2011
                                     No. 10-51043
                                  Conference Calendar                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

THOMAS MADISON TUBBS,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                             USDC No. 7:10-CR-137-1

Before BENAVIDES, DENNIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
        Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Thomas Madison Tubbs
presents arguments that he concedes are foreclosed by United States v.
Harrimon, 568 F.3d 531 (5th Cir. 2009), which held that the Texas state offense
of evading arrest or detention by use of a vehicle is a violent felony under the
Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). Recently, the Supreme Court validated our
decision in Harrimon by holding that a conviction under Indiana’s felony vehicle

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. 10-51043

flight law constituted a violent felony under the ACCA. See Sykes v. United
States, 131 S. Ct. 2267, 2277 (2011).
      Accordingly, the Government’s motion for summary affirmance is
GRANTED and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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