USA v. Roberto Bermudez-Flores, No. 16-30349 (5th Cir. 2017)

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Case: 16-30349 Document: 00513906237 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/10/2017 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16-30349 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED March 10, 2017 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Plaintiff - Appellee v. ROBERTO BERMUDEZ-FLORES, Defendant - Appellant Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana USDC No. 2:15-CR-221-1 Before BARKSDALE, GRAVES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Finding the Government breached its plea agreement with the defendant, we VACATE his conviction and sentence and REMAND this case for reassignment to a different judge. 1 Because defense counsel represents that the defendant may be released as early as next month, we direct the district court to resolve this case expeditiously. 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. * We remand for proceedings before a different judge not because of any “impartiality of the . . . judge who heard this case,” but because our precedent commands this result. United States v. Self, 596 F.3d 245, 250 (5th Cir. 2010) (citation omitted). 1

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