     Case: 10-10316 Document: 00511382589 Page: 1 Date Filed: 02/15/2011




           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                 FILED
                                                                          February 15, 2011
                                     No. 10-10316
                                  Conference Calendar                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                 Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ERIC EUGENE HARTWELL,

                                                   Defendant-Appellant


                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 3:09-CR-106-1


Before HIGGINBOTHAM, GARZA, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Eric Eugene Hartwell presents
arguments that he concedes are foreclosed by United States v. Brown, 920 F.2d
1212, 1216-17 (5th Cir. 1991), abrogated on other grounds by United States v.
Candia, 454 F.3d 468, 472-73 (5th Cir. 2006), which held that a district court
may order a term of imprisonment to run consecutively to an unimposed state
sentence. The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, its



       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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.
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alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the
judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.




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