United States v. Torres-Galaviz
CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Date FiledAugust 13, 2026
Docket25-51052
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
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United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
_____________ Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 25-51052 August 13, 2026
_____________ Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
United States of America,
Plaintiff—Appellee,
versus
Jose Torres-Galaviz,
Defendant—Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 2:25-CR-1384-1
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PUBLISHED ORDER
Before Smith, Stewart, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:
IT IS ORDERED that Appellee’s unopposed motion to vacate two
supervised release conditions and to affirm the sentence as modified is
GRANTED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Appellee’s unopposed
alternative motion to extend time to file the brief of appellee for 30 days upon
the denial of the motion vacate supervised release conditions is DENIED
AS MOOT.
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Judge Oldham dissents and reiterates his view that this Court’s
practice of summarily vacating supervised release conditions and entering
judgment for the defendant is deeply flawed. See United States v. Vacchino,
174 F.4th 932, 941 (5th Cir. 2026) (Oldham, J., concurring in the
judgment); United States v. Baez-Adriano, 74 F.4th 292, 304 (5th Cir. 2023)
(Oldham, J., concurring in the judgment); United States v. Perez, No. 23-
20067, 2023 WL 7381447, at *1 n.1 (5th Cir. Nov. 7, 2023); United States v.
Griffin, No. 21-50294, 2022 WL 17175592, at *3 (5th Cir. Nov. 23, 2022)
(Oldham, J., dissenting). The practice is particularly troubling when the
“plain error” that necessitates the summary vacatur stems from an
intervening Fifth Circuit decision that did not exist at the time of sentencing.
United States v. del Carpio Frescas, 932 F.3d 324, 341 (5th Cir. 2019)
(Oldham, J., concurring).
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