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Date Created: 2015-01-16 01:00:53.853536+00
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Case: 14-40405      Document: 00512903971         Page: 1    Date Filed: 01/15/2015

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

                                    No. 14-40405                             FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                    January 15, 2015
                                                                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                             Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

DAHIN GARCIA-MONROY,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:13-CR-1822-1

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Dahin Garcia-Monroy pleaded guilty to illegal presence in the United
States after removal and was sentenced to 57 months of imprisonment. He
appeals the district court’s determination that his prior Texas conviction for
possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance qualified as a drug
trafficking offense warranting a 16-level enhancement pursuant to U.S.S.G.
§ 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) and as an aggravated felony under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43).

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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. 14-40405

Garcia-Monroy argues that the Texas statute criminalizes the “administering”
of drugs, which is not covered by either sentencing provision. Because Garcia-
Monroy preserved these arguments in the district court, our review is de novo.
See United States v. Rodriguez, 711 F.3d 541, 548 (5th Cir. 2013) (en banc).
      Garcia-Monroy has failed to show that it is a realistic possibility that a
person would be prosecuted for “administering” cocaine as that term is defined
under the Texas statute. See United States v. Teran-Salas, 767 F.3d 453, 460-
62 (5th Cir. 2014). He specifically has set forth no prior Texas case applying
the statute in an “administering” situation. See id. at 460-61. A theoretical
possibility that a statute might include types of conduct that would not qualify
as a drug trafficking offense is insufficient. See United States v. Carrasco-
Tercero, 745 F.3d 192, 197-98 (5th Cir. 2014).
      Thus, the district court was correct in determining that Garcia-Monroy's
conviction was a drug trafficking offense and an aggravated felony. See Teran-
Salas, 767 F.3d at 461-62 & n.5. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court
is AFFIRMED.

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