Case: 19-50497 Document: 00515314761 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/19/2020 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 19-50497 February 19, 2020 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. JOSE ALBERTO ESPARZA-RODRIGUEZ, also known as Jose Esparza, also known as Jose Rodriguez, also known as Jose Rodriguez-Esparza, also known as Jose Esparzarodriguez, also known as Jose Esparza-Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 5:18-CR-846-1 Before DAVIS, SMITH, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: * Appealing his conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1) for illegally reentering the United States following removal, Joes Alberto Esparza- Rodriguez challenges the district court’s order declining to dismiss his indictment. He contends that the notice to appear for his original removal proceeding was defective, his prior removals were thus invalid, and they could * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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: 19-50497 Document: 00515314761 Page: 2 Date Filed: 02/19/2020 No. 19-50497 not be used to support his illegal reentry conviction. Additionally, Esparza- Rodriguez contends that he satisfied or is excused from satisfying the § 1326(d) requirements for collaterally attacking his removal order, such as the requirement that he show exhaustion of any administrative remedies. As Esparza-Rodriguez concedes, his arguments are foreclosed by United States v. Pedroza-Rocha, 933 F.3d 490 (5th Cir. 2019), petition for cert. filed (U.S. Nov. 6, 2019) (No. 19-6588), and Pierre-Paul v. Barr, 930 F.3d 684 (5th Cir. 2019), petition for cert. filed (U.S. Dec. 16, 2019) (No. 19-779). In Pedroza-Rocha, 933 F.3d at 496-98, we held that the notice to appear was not deficient merely because it did not specify a date for the hearing, any such purported deficiency had not deprived the immigration court of jurisdiction, and the appellant could not collaterally attack his notice to appear without first exhausting his administrative remedies. Esparza-Rodriguez’s arguments are, thus, foreclosed. See id. Accordingly, the Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. The Government’s alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED as moot. 2 19-50497 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ca5 5th Cir. United States v. Jose Esparza-Rodriguez 19 February 2020 Direct Criminal Unpublished fb6db3f44a144f0f6dee83cd1a771dd0413a0ad3
Original document
Source: All recent Immigration Decisions In All the U.S. Courts of Appeals