Case: 17-41002 Document: 00514629506 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/05/2018 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 17-41002 FILED September 5, 2018 Lyle W. Cayce UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Clerk Plaintiff - Appellee v. RAFAEL CEPEDA-OLGUIN, Defendant - Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 7:17-CR-696-1 Before KING, ELROD, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Rafael Cepeda-Olguin pleaded guilty to and was convicted of entering the United States after previous deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b). At sentencing, the district court orally imposed standard conditions of supervised release and one special condition irrelevant to this appeal. But in its written judgment, the district court imposed two conditions of supervised release at issue on appeal: “[1] You must surrender to U.S. Immigration and * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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: 17-41002 Document: 00514629506 Page: 2 Date Filed: 09/05/2018 No. 17-41002 Customs Enforcement and follow all [its] instructions and reporting requirements until any deportation proceedings are completed. [2] If you are ordered deported from the United States, you must remain outside the United States unless legally authorized to reenter.” Cepeda-Olguin appealed, arguing that these conditions conflict with the district court’s oral pronouncement and are therefore improper. Because Cepeda-Olguin did not have an opportunity to comment on or object to the allegedly additional conditions at sentencing, we review for an abuse of discretion. United States v. Bigelow, 462 F.3d 378, 381 (5th Cir. 2006). 1 When conditions in a written judgment and those pronounced orally at sentencing conflict, the oral pronouncements control. United States v. Torres- Aguilar, 352 F.3d 934, 935 (5th Cir. 2003). In general, a conflict exists when a written judgment broadens the conditions orally pronounced at sentencing. United States v. Mudd, 685 F.3d 473, 480 (5th Cir. 2012). No conflict exists when the written judgment includes standard conditions, which may be adopted by a district court through general order, even if they are not orally pronounced at sentencing. See Torres-Aguilar, 352 F.3d at 936. However, “if the district court fails to mention a special condition at sentencing, its subsequent inclusion in the written judgment creates a conflict that requires amendment of the written judgment to conform with the oral pronouncement.” United States v. Vega, 332 F.3d 849, 852–53 (5th Cir. 2003) (per curiam); see 1 The Government argues that plain-error review applies because an appendix to the presentence reported notified Cepeda-Olguin that the additional conditions might apply, but he did not object. At sentencing, no mention was made of these potential additional conditions. Cepeda-Olguin thus did not have “a meaningful opportunity to object to [them] at his sentencing hearing,” and an abuse-of-discretion standard applies. United States v. Vasquez-Ruiz, 702 F. App’x 241, 242 (5th Cir. 2017) (per ...
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