Opinion
No. 09-40833 Summary Calendar.
July 20, 2010.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Molly Estelle Odom, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, USDC No. 7:08-CR-1552-1.
Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Mario Mendoza Medina was convicted by guilty plea for conspiracy to harbor aliens within the United States and was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment and two years of supervised release. He appeals from that sentence and argues that the district court erred by applying U.S.S.G. § 2L1.1(b)(5)(B) for brandishing a dangerous weapon. He contends that there was no evidence that he personally brandished a weapon and that the adjustment cannot be applied through relevant conduct because the district court failed to make a separate finding as to the scope of his agreement in the conspiracy.
By adopting the presentence report ("PSR"), the district court made implicit findings based on the PSR's factual findings. See United States v. Carrean, 11 F.3d 1225, 1231 (5th Cir. 1994). Therefore, the district court did not err by applying § 2L1.1(b)(5)(B) to Medina's sentence on the basis of relevant conduct. See United States v. Williams, 520 F.3d 414, 422 (5th Cir. 2008).
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.