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United States v. Salas

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Sep 10, 2020
No. 18-20741 (5th Cir. Sep. 10, 2020)

Opinion

No. 18-20741

09-10-2020

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. VICTOR DELACRUZ SALAS, also known as JOSE SOTO-JIMENEZ, Defendant—Appellant.


Summary Calendar Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:18-CR-325-l Before DAVIS, STEWART, and DENNIS, 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. --------

Defendant-Appellant Victor Delacruz Salas appeals his sentence following his guilty plea conviction of illegal reentry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He argues that there is an impermissible conflict between the oral pronouncement of sentence and the written judgment, which included a surrender condition as a special condition of supervised release.

Salas did not have a meaningful opportunity to object in the district court. See United States v. Diggles, 957 F.3d 551, 559-63 (5th Cir. 2020) (en banc). Consequently, review is for an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Rivas-Estrada, 906 F.3d 346, 348-50 (5th Cir. 2018).

The record in this case reflects that the district court intended for Salas to be deported following his prison term. See United States v. Vasquez-Puente, 922 F.3d 700, 703-05 (5th Cir. 2019). The surrender condition was consistent with this intent and did not "broaden[] the restrictions or requirements of supervised release from the oral pronouncement." Id. at 705 (internal quotation marks, brackets, and citation omitted). Consequently, the district court did not abuse its discretion by including the surrender condition in the written judgment. See id.

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

United States v. Salas

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Sep 10, 2020
No. 18-20741 (5th Cir. Sep. 10, 2020)
Case details for

United States v. Salas

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. VICTOR DELACRUZ SALAS…

Court:United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Date published: Sep 10, 2020

Citations

No. 18-20741 (5th Cir. Sep. 10, 2020)