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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Jose SANCHES-PENALOSA, Defendant-Appellant
05-40605.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
May 1, 2006.
Unpublished opinion
178 F. App'x 382
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Margaret Christina Ling, Laura Fletcher Leavitt, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
King, Wiener, Demoss.
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PER CURIAM: *

Defendant-Appellant Jose Sanches-Pen-alosa appeals the sentences imposed following his bench-trial conviction of four counts of transporting aliens within the United States. He contends that the district court erred by (1) failing to award him a third point for acceptance of responsibility, (2) upwardly departing from the applicable advisory Sentencing Guideline range, and (3) imposing a mandatory order of restitution as part of his sentence. We review the district court’s interpretation and application of the Guidelines de novo and its factual determinations for clear error. United States v. Solis-Garcia, 420 F.3d 511, 513-14 (5th Cir.2005).

The Guidelines do not permit a district court to grant a third acceptance point under U.S.S.G. § 3E1.1(b) without a government motion. See § 3E1.1, comment. (n.6). As the government did not make such a motion, and the district court imposed a Guidelines sentence, the district court did not err when it declined to award Sanches-Penalosa a third acceptance point. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 519 n. 7. (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 126 S.Ct. 43, 163 L.Ed.2d 76 (2005). Our review of the basis and extent of the upward departure does not reveal an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Saldana, 427 F.3d 298, 308 (5th Cir.2005).

The district court did err, however, by imposing mandatory restitution as part of Sanches-Penalosa’s sentence. Accordingly, the order of restitution is vacated, and the case is remanded for the district court to consider whether to impose restitution as a condition of supervised release.[*384] All other terms of the judgment are affirmed.

AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, AND REMANDED.

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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.