United States of America v. Jose Luis Solis-Flores

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-4504
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
JOSE LUIS SOLIS-FLORES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Greenville. Timothy M. Cain, District Judge. (6:16-cr-00611-TMC-1)
Submitted: December 21, 2017 Decided: December 27, 2017
Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James B. Loggins, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greenville, South Carolina, for
Appellant. Beth Drake, United States Attorney, Maxwell B. Cauthen, III, Assistant
United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenville,
South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Jose Luis Solis-Flores appeals the 70-month sentence that the district court
imposed following his conviction for illegal reentry by an aggravated felon, in violation
of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2) (2012). On appeal, Solis-Flores contends that the district
court erred in imposing the within-Guidelines-range sentence. Solis-Flores provides no
argument in support of his assertion and has therefore waived appellate review of this
issue. See Hensley on behalf of N.C. v. Price, ___ F.3d ___, ___, No. 16-1294, 2017 WL
5711029, at *4 & n.5 (4th Cir. Nov. 17, 2017) (“[A] party must do more than take a
passing shot at an issue to properly preserve it for appellate review.” (alterations and
internal quotation marks omitted)); Eriline Co. S.A. v. Johnson, 440 F.3d 648, 653 n.7
(4th Cir. 2006) (concluding that single, conclusory remark is insufficient to preserve issue
for appellate review); Fed. R. App. P. 28(a)(8)(A).
Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s judgment. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED

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