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MEMORANDUM *** Felipe Gomez Trejo appeals from the district court’s sentence of 135 months after he pled guilty to drug conspiracy charges. Trejo argues that the district court erred by conflating the calculation of an advisory guidelines sentence with the application of other factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). We disagree, and affirm the sentence. The district judge clearly stated that

*1013C. A. 5th Cir. Reported below: 888 F. 3d 150; C. A. 9th Cir. Reported below: 106 Fed. Appx. 618; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 125 Fed. Appx. 981; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 126 F^d. Appx. 468; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 127 Fed. Appx. 478; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 120 Fed. Appx. 785;

*1013C. A. 5th Cir. Reported below: 888 F. 3d 150; C. A. 9th Cir. Reported below: 106 Fed. Appx. 618; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 125 Fed. Appx. 981; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 126 F^d. Appx. 468; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 127 Fed. Appx. 478; C. A. 11th Cir. Reported below: 120 Fed. Appx. 785;

*974(Reported below: 101 Fed. Appx. 564); (101 Fed. Appx. 458); (101 Fed. Appx. 563); (101 Fed. Appx. 492); (101 Fed. Appx. 560); (101 Fed. Appx. 464); (101 Fed. Appx. 559); (101 Fed. Appx. 483); (101 Fed. Appx. 509); (101 Fed. Appx. 481);

*982(Reported below: 87 Fed. Appx. 930); (85 Fed. Appx. 363); (83 Fed. Appx. 620); (85 Fed. Appx. 367); (82 Fed. Appx. 901); (83 Fed. Appx. 622); (82 Fed. Appx. 902); (83 Fed. Appx. 623); (82 Fed. Appx. 908); (82 Fed. Appx. 904); (83 F

*982(Reported below: 87 Fed. Appx. 930); (85 Fed. Appx. 363); (83 Fed. Appx. 620); (85 Fed. Appx. 367); (82 Fed. Appx. 901); (83 Fed. Appx. 622); (82 Fed. Appx. 902); (83 Fed. Appx. 623); (82 Fed. Appx. 908); (82 Fed. Appx. 904); (83 F

Case: 24-10126 Document: 84-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/02/2025 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 24-10126 October 2, 2025

Case: 23-50487 Document: 102-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/05/2024 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 23-50487 ____________

Case: 23-11135 Document: 91-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/30/2024 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals ____________ Fifth Circuit FILED No. 23-11135 December 30, 2024

Case: 20-20580 Document: 00516389753 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/11/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED July 11, 2022

Case: 17-20526 Document: 00516170143 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/18/2022 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED Ja

JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge: Kevin Cory Carlile appeals his sentence following a felon in possession of a firearm conviction. He argues that the district court committed reversible error in calculating both his criminal history score under section 4A1.1 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines and his base offense level under section 2K2.1(a)(4)(A) of the Sentencing Guideline

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: Richard Wayne Barton pleaded guilty, without a written agreement, to a three-count indictment charging him with distributing, receiving, and possessing child pornography. 1 The district court imposed a total sentence of 235 months in prison, 10 yea

LOKEN, Circuit Judge. After a six-day trial, a jury convicted Manuel Espinoza and Jose Luis Tizoc of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 , 846, and Espinoza of being a prohibited person in possession of a fir

MEMORANDUM & ORDER RAYMOND J. DEARIE, District Judge. Defendant Shanado Phillips is charged under 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and 1326(b)(2) with illegal' reentry into the United' States subsequent to deportation for an aggravated felony. Phillips moves to dismiss the indictment pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d) on the basis of a fundamental procedural error in his removal proceeding. For the reasons stated below,

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge: An able district court judge, without objection from defense counsel, relied on the wrong version of the Sentencing Guidelines-thereby generating the wrong sentencing range-in sentencing Urbina-Fuentes. Finding the error was plain, we vacate and remand for resentencing. I. The facts

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge: Sameh Khaled Danhach was convicted by a jury of several criminal offenses relating to a scheme to steal and resell over-the-counter (OTC) medication, brand-name baby formula, and similar goods. He appeals the denial of a motion to suppress evidence found in a search of his warehouse, the sufficiency of the evidence supporting most of his counts

625 F.3d 371 (2010) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Quawntay ADAMS, Defendant-Appellant. No. 08-4205. United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Argued November 30, 2009. Decided October 25, 2010. *373 Stephen B. Clark, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heigh

629 F.Supp.2d 699 (2009) UNITED STATES of America v. Mazen ABDALLAH, Wesam Abdallah. Criminal Action No. H-07-155. United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Houston Division. April 29, 2009. *703 Suzanne Bradley, Financial Litigation, Albert A. Balboni, Ryan D. Mcconnell, United States Attorneys Office, US Marshal, US Pretrial Sv

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge, dissenting: Mendoza was convicted because the jury determined that he had guilty knowledge of the marihuana hidden in the fenders of the pickup truck driven by Castaneda. At trial, the Government argued that Mendoza’s calm demeanor at the border was circumstantial evidence of his guilty knowledge.1 In my opinion, the prosecutor’s comments du