United States v. Segovia-Lopez

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: April 8, 2022
• Docket: 18-40460
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 18-40460 Document: 00516273687 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/08/2022

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

FILED No. 18-40460 April 8, 2022 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk United States of America,

Plaintiff—Appellee,

versus

Javier Segovia-Lopez,

Defendant—Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 5:17-CR-895-1

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before Davis, Smith, and Higginson, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:* This sentencing appeal returns to us on remand from the Supreme Court after it issued its opinion in Borden v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 1817,

* Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4. Case: 18-40460 Document: 00516273687 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/08/2022

No. 18-40460

1834 (2021), wherein the Court held that offenses requiring only proof of reckless causation of injury do not qualify as violent felonies under the “force clause” of the Armed Career Criminal Act (“ACCA”). Defendant Javier Segovia-Lopez asserts, and the Government agrees, that in light of Borden, Segovia-Lopez’s prior conviction for aggravated assault under Texas Penal Code §§ 22.01(a)(1)-(3) does not qualify as a violent felony under the ACCA. In our recent decision in United States v. Gomez Gomez, --- F.4th ---, 2022 WL 152160, *2 (5th Cir. Jan. 18, 2022), we addressed this specific issue and held that this offense is not an aggravated felony under Borden because it includes three indivisible mental states, one of which is recklessness. Therefore, because Segovia-Lopez’s prior conviction for aggravated assault under Texas Penal Code §§ 22.01(a)(1)-(3) does not qualify as an aggravated felony, his sentence should not have been enhanced under the ACCA. Accordingly, we VACATE Segovia-Lopez’s sentence and REMAND to the district court for resentencing.