United States v. Luis Moreno-Pena
Opinion
Case: 18-10685 Document: 00514888732 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/26/2019
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
No. 18-10685
FILED
March 26, 2019
Summary Calendar
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
LUIS DAVID MORENO-PENA,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 4:18-CR-3-1
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Luis David Moreno-Pena appeals his 78-month, above-guidelines sentence for illegal reentry following deportation, arguing, for the first time on appeal, that it is procedurally unreasonable because the district court’s sentencing explanation failed to address his request for a variance based on his time spent in pre-indictment state custody. Although he concedes that he did not timely object to the district court’s explanation, Moreno-Pena contends
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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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that this issue should be reviewed de novo in light of Chavez-Meza v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 1959 (2018). We adhere to our established precedent, see United States v. Boche-Perez, 755 F.3d 327, 334 (5th Cir. 2014) (rule of orderliness), and we review for plain error, see United States v. Mondragon- Santiago, 564 F.3d 357, 364 (5th Cir. 2009).
Moreno-Pena does not undertake any plain error analysis and has therefore waived any argument that plain error occurred. See United States v. Ledezma-Cepeda, 894 F.3d 686, 692 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 467 (2018). As a result, he fails to show reversible plain error. See Puckett v. United States, 556 U.S. 129, 135 (2009). The judgment is AFFIRMED.
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