USA v. Ignacio Rodriguez-Cepeda

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UNPUBLISHED OPINION FILED. [16-41243 Affirmed] Judge: EGJ, Judge: JES, Judge: JEG. Mandate pull date is 07/12/2017 for Appellant Ignacio Rodriguez-Cepeda; granting motion for summary affirmance filed by Appellee USA [8440360-2]; denying motion to extend time to file appellee's brief filed by Appellee USA [8440360-3] [16-41243]

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Case: 16-41243 Document: 00514042675 Page: 1 Date Filed: 06/21/2017 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16-41243 Summary Calendar United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED June 21, 2017 Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff–Appellee, versus IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ-CEPEDA, Defendant–Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 1:16-CR-17-1 Before JOLLY, SMITH, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Ignacio Rodriguez-Cepeda appeals his sentence for illegal reentry after 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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: 16-41243 Document: 00514042675 Page: 2 Date Filed: 06/21/2017 No. 16-41243 deportation. He contends that the district court erred in increasing his offense level under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii) based on his Texas convictions of burglary of a habitation under Texas Penal Code § 30.02. Rodriguez-Cepeda urges, under Mathis v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 2243 (2016), that the burglary statute is not divisible and that not every violation of § 30.02(a) qualifies as a crime of violence (“COV”) under § 2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(ii). He also contends that the statecourt documents failed to show under which subsection of § 30.02 he was convicted for his 2002 conviction of burglary of a habitation, so the conviction does not qualify as a COV even under the modified categorical approach. The government has filed an unopposed motion for summary affirmance, asserting that Rodriguez-Cepeda’s arguments are foreclosed by United States v. Uribe, 838 F.3d 667 (5th Cir. 2016), cert. denied, 137 S. Ct. 1359 (2017). In the alternative, the government requests an extension of time in which to file a brief on the merits. The government is correct that Uribe, id. at 669–71, forecloses Rodriguez-Cepeda’s reliance on Mathis. Accordingly, the motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgment is AFFIRMED. 2

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