Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2010-04-25 09:54:15+00
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                             No. 02-41092
                           Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                     Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JOSE AYALA-BERMUDES, also known as Jose Alexander Ayala,

                                     Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                     USDC No. B-02-CR-179-1
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                        February 11, 2003

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Jose Ayala-Bermudes, a/k/a Jose Alexander Ayala, was

convicted for being present unlawfully in the United States

following deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and has

appealed his sentence.   Ayala contends that the district court

plainly erred in concluding that his state misdemeanor conviction

for Harassment, under TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 42.07(a)(2) (West

1996), was a “crime of violence” for purposes of U.S.S.G.

§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(E) (2001).    Because this issue was not decided at

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                             No. 02-41092
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the time Ayala was sentenced, any error on the part of the

district court was not clear or obvious and, accordingly, was not

plain error.     See United States v. Hull, 160 F.3d 265, 272 (5th

Cir. 1998).

     AFFIRMED.