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Case: 16-40249      Document: 00513722248         Page: 1    Date Filed: 10/18/2016

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                    No. 16-40249
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                         October 18, 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

RAFAEL MORENO-ORNELLAS,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 7:14-CR-1714-1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Rafael Moreno-Ornellas
raises arguments that are foreclosed by United States v. Rodriguez, 711 F.3d
541, 562-63 & n.28 (5th Cir. 2013) (en banc), in which we held that the generic,
contemporary definition of sexual abuse of a minor does not require the age of
consent to be below 17 years old and does not include an age-differential
requirement. He also raises an argument that is foreclosed by United States

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
    Case: 16-40249    Document: 00513722248     Page: 2   Date Filed: 10/18/2016

                                 No. 16-40249

v. Elizondo-Hernandez, 755 F.3d 779, 781-82 (5th Cir. 2014), which held that
the Texas offense of indecency with a child by contact satisfied the generic
definition of sexual abuse of a minor. Finally, he raises an argument that is
foreclosed by United States v. Teran-Salas, 767 F.3d 453, 458-62 (5th Cir.
2014), in which we determined that the appellant was not entitled to relief
based merely on the existence of a theoretical possibility that a defendant could
be convicted under Texas Health & Safety Code § 481.112(a) for conduct that
would not qualify as 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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