Case Explained: Summary Calendar United States of America Plaintiff— v. Juan David Padilla-Perez Defendant—

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Filed: 2026-07-06

The Fifth Circuit granted the Government’s motion for summary affirmance and denied its alternative motion for an extension of time, affirming the district court’s judgment imposing a sentence of 21 months of imprisonment and one year of supervised release on Juan David Padilla-Perez for illegal reentry. The court held that the defendant’s challenge to a supervised release condition—which authorized a probation officer to require notification to a third party if the officer determined the defendant posed a risk—was foreclosed by binding circuit precedent established in *United States v. Mejia-Banegas*, 32 F.4th 450 (5th Cir. 2022). Although Padilla-Perez conceded that his argument was legally foreclosed, he sought only to preserve the issue for future review; consequently, the court applied the summary affirmance standard under *Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis*, 406 F.2d 1158 (5th Cir. 1969), and affirmed the judgment without further briefing or oral argument.

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