United States v. Robert Watson, Jr. ( 2016 )

Case: 15-40374 Document: 00513421273 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/11/2016
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-40374
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
March 11, 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Plaintiff-Appellee
v.
ROBERT PAYNE WATSON, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:14-CR-89-1
Before WIENER, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Robert Payne Watson, Jr., appeals his conviction for failing to register
as a sex offender, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a). He contends that the Sex
Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 16901-62,
violates the Ex Post Facto Clause. We rejected the same challenge to SORNA
in United States v. Young, 585 F.3d 199, 204-05 (5th Cir. 2009), and again in
United States v. Johnson, 632 F.3d 912, 917-18 (5th Cir. 2011). We cannot
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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overrule the decision of another panel absent an en banc or superseding
Supreme Court decision. See United States v. Lipscomb, 299 F.3d 303, 313
n.34 (5th Cir. 2002). As such, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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