USA v. Fabian Gonzalez Mora, No. 19-40665 (5th Cir. 2020)
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Case: 19-40665 Document: 00515616892 Page: 1 Date Filed: 10/27/2020 United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED October 27, 2020 No. 19-40665 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk United States of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Fabian Gonzalez Mora, also known as Fabian Mora Gonzalez, Defendant—Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 7:16-CR-481-1 Before King, Smith, and Wilson, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam:* Fabian Gonzalez Mora pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and he was sentenced to 135 months of imprisonment and five years of supervised * Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4. Case: 19-40665 Document: 00515616892 Page: 2 Date Filed: 10/27/2020 No. 19-40665 release. The district court’s written judgment imposed two special conditions of supervised release that Gonzalez Mora now challenges: one requiring him to report to the nearest probation office immediately if he returns to the United States and another directing that active supervision would automatically reactivate upon his reporting. We review for abuse of discretion because these written special conditions were neither mandatory nor orally pronounced at sentencing. See United States v. Diggles, 957 F.3d 551, 559-63 (5th Cir. 2020) (en banc), petition for cert. filed (U.S. Sept. 24, 2020) (No. 20-5836); see also United States v. Huor, 852 F.3d 392, 397 (5th Cir. 2017). The district court abused its discretion by imposing these two special conditions in the written judgment because they were more burdensome than the special conditions it announced during the sentencing hearing. See Diggles, 957 F.3d at 559-63; United States v. Mudd, 685 F.3d 473, 480 (5th Cir. 2012); United States v. Bigelow, 462 F.3d 378, 380 (5th Cir. 2006). Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is VACATED IN PART, and the matter is REMANDED to the district court for the limited purpose of conforming the written judgment with the oral pronouncement of sentence. 2
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