Case Explained: Summary Calendar United States of America Plaintiff— v. Serbelio Tepaz-Perez Defendant—

Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Filed: 2026-06-22 The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court’s revocation of Serbelio Tepaz-Perez’s term of supervised release and the imposition of a 12-month sentence. The court held that Tepaz-Perez failed to rebut the presumption of reasonableness applicable to his revocation sentence or demonstrate that the district court committed clear or obvious error by ordering the sentence to run consecutively to a 21-month sentence for a new illegal reentry offense. Applying standards established in *United States v. Warren*, *United States v. Lopez-Velasquez*, and *Puckett v. United States*, the court found no substantive unreasonableness in the consecutive sentencing order. As a result, the judgment of the district court stands, and the defendant remains subject to the affirmed sentence. Do It For The Case Law is a news reporting service. Nothing in this episode constitutes legal advice.