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No. 05-2251
(D . N.M .)
(D.Ct. No. CR-05-489 JH)
Defendant-Appellant.
Before TA CH A, Chief Circuit Judge, and BARRETT and BROR BY, Senior
Circuit Judges.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of
this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is
therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
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time of his prior offenses and, therefore, we reject his attempt to collaterally
attack his convictions.
prior offense previously adjudicated. United States v. Austin, 426 F.3d 1266,
1270 (10th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 1385 (2006). In this case, other
than his mere assertions, M r. Hernandez-Juarez has not directed us to anything in
the record, including any undisputed information or documentation, to support his
position he was a minor participant in the South Carolina offenses to which he
pled guilty. Under these circumstances, it was not unreasonable for the district
court to apply a sixteen-level enhancement for M r. Hernandez-Juarezs prior
offenses.
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