Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-22 20:01:16.121729+00
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Case: 15-40060      Document: 00513242237         Page: 1    Date Filed: 10/22/2015

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                    No. 15-40060
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                         October 22, 2015
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JESUS MANUEL MEZA-GARCIA,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 1:14-CR-800-1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Jesus Manuel Meza-Garcia
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 a drug

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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trafficking offense is warranted regardless whether the conviction for the prior
offense required proof of remuneration or commercial activity.
      Meza-Garcia 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 disposition is GRANTED, and the
judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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