United States v. Segura-Romero

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: March 22, 2022
• Docket: 17-20561
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

Case: 17-20561 Document: 00516249506 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/22/2022

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

FILED March 22, 2022 No. 17-20561 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk

United States of America,

Plaintiff—Appellee,

versus

Oscar Segura-Romero, also known as Oscar Romero Sequra, also known as Oscar Segura, also known as Oscar R. Segura Romero, also known as Oscar R. Segura, also known as Romero Segura, also known as Oscar Romero, also known as Oscar Segura Romero,

Defendant—Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 4:17-CR-00112-1

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Before Higginbotham, Ho, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:*

* Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.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: 17-20561 Document: 00516249506 Page: 2 Date Filed: 03/22/2022

No. 17-20561

Oscar Segura-Romero pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously convicted of an aggravated felony in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2). He was sentenced to 20 months in prison. On appeal, he argued that his underlying felony conviction for family- violence assault under Texas Pen. Code §§ 22.01(a)(1) and (b)(2) did not constitute an aggravated felony under § 1326(b)(2).1 We affirmed, concluding that argument was foreclosed by our precedent. 2 Segura-Romero petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. While his petition was pending, the Supreme Court decided in Borden v. United States that a crime capable of commission with “a less culpable mental state than purpose or knowledge,” such as “recklessness,” cannot qualify as a “violent felony” under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i) of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA).3 After Borden, the Court granted Segura- Romero’s petition, vacated our judgment, and remanded for “further consideration in light of Borden.”4 As in United States v. Fuentes-Rodriguez, Segura-Romero’s “underlying Texas conviction qualifies as an aggravated felony only through 18 U.S.C. § 16(a), which defines a ‘crime of violence’ almost identically to the ACCA’s ‘violent felony’ provision at issue in Borden.”5

1 See TEX. PENAL CODE §§ 22.01(a)(1), 22.01(b)(2). 2 United States v. Segura-Romero, 776 F. App’x 851 (5th Cir. 2019) (per curiam) (citing United States v. Gracia-Cantu, 920 F.3d 252, 254 (5th Cir. 2019)), cert. granted, judgment vacated sub nom. Segovia-Lopez v. United States, 141 S. Ct. 2781 (2021). 3 ––– U.S. ––––, 141 S. Ct. 1817, 1821-22, 210 L.Ed.2d 63 (2021) (plurality opinion). 4 Segovia-Lopez v. United States, ––– U.S. ––––, 141 S. Ct. 2781, 2781, ––– L.Ed.2d –––– (2021). 5 United States v. Fuentes-Rodriguez, 22 F.4th 504, 505 (5th Cir. 2022).

2 Case: 17-20561 Document: 00516249506 Page: 3 Date Filed: 03/22/2022

We REMAND to the district court for consideration consistent with Borden v. United States.