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Date Created: 2023-07-08 00:01:08.931287+00
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Case: 22-20661        Document: 00516813669             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/07/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________                                    United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                              Fifth Circuit

                                      No. 22-20661
                                                                                            FILED
                                                                                         July 7, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar
                                    ____________                                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                            Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Miguel Angel Pineda Penate,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:22-CR-135-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Jones, Southwick, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Miguel Angel Pineda Penate pleaded guilty, in September 2022, to
   one count of being unlawfully present in the United States after having been
   previously deported and convicted of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8
   U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b). The conviction that qualified Pineda Penate for

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-20661

   commission of an aggravated felony was aggravated assault under Texas
   Penal Code § 22.01(a)(1).
          In our recent decision in United States v. Gomez Gomez, 23 F.4th 575,
   576-77 (5th Cir. 2022), we addressed this specific statute in light of the
   Supreme Court’s decision in Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817 (2021).
   We held that § 22.01(a)(1) does not define an aggravated felony under Borden
   because it includes three indivisible mental states, one of which is
   recklessness.   Therefore, because Pineda Penate’s prior conviction for
   assault under § 22.01(a)(1) does not qualify as an aggravated felony, his
   sentence should not have been enhanced pursuant to § 1326(b)(2).
          This case is REMANDED with instruction for the sentence to be
   reformed in line with this opinion.

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