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United States v. Ruiz-Dominguez

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Sep 26, 2018
No. 17-40099 (5th Cir. Sep. 26, 2018)

Opinion

No. 17-40099

09-26-2018

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee v. LUIS ALBERTO RUIZ-DOMINGUEZ, Defendant - Appellant


Summary Calendar Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:16-CR-644-1 ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. --------

This case comes to us on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States for reconsideration in light of its recent decision in Rosales-Mireles v. United States, 138 S. Ct. 1897 (2018). We need not repeat the facts of this case, which are laid out in our previous opinion. See United States v. Ruiz- Dominguez, 713 F. App'x 273 (5th Cir. 2017). The question before us is whether this court should exercise its discretion to correct the district court's error in computing Ruiz-Dominguez's Guidelines range. Rosales-Mireles dictates that we should exercise our discretion in this case to remand for resentencing. See 138 S. Ct. at 1908-11.

Accordingly, we VACATE Ruiz-Dominguez's sentence and REMAND for reconsideration in light of the corrected guidelines range. The mandate shall issue forthwith.


Summaries of

United States v. Ruiz-Dominguez

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
Sep 26, 2018
No. 17-40099 (5th Cir. Sep. 26, 2018)
Case details for

United States v. Ruiz-Dominguez

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee v. LUIS ALBERTO…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Sep 26, 2018

Citations

No. 17-40099 (5th Cir. Sep. 26, 2018)