v.
U.S. Parole Commission
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
No. 16-60551 Fifth Circuit
FILED
April 9, 2018 EDGAR VASQUEZ, Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Petitioner v. UNITED STATES PAROLE COMMISSION, Respondent
Appeal from the Determination of the United States Parole Commission USPC No. 18 USC 4106A
Before KING, HAYNES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges. STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:* In 2012, a court in Mexico convicted Edgar Vasquez of aggravated kidnapping—with an enhancement for carrying out the crime with violence—and imposed a 20-year sentence. Vasquez was later transferred to the United States under a treaty. See Treaty on the Execution of Penal Sentences, U.S.- Mex., Nov. 25, 1976, 28 U.S.T. 7399 (entered into force Nov. 30, 1977). The U.S. Parole Commission then calculated Vasquez’s release date and supervised-re- lease conditions as if Vasquez had been convicted of federal kidnapping in a
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
United States district court. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 4106A. This appeal raises a single issue: whether the Parole Commission plainly erred by employing a two-level, dangerous-weapon enhancement to calculate Vasquez’s advisory guidelines range. See U.S.S.G. § 2A4.1(b)(3) (2014). Viewing the entire record, and with the benefit of oral argument, we are not persuaded that the Parole Commission committed “clear or obvious” error. Molina-Martinez v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1338, 1343 (2016). We therefore AFFIRM.