City of El Cenizo, Texas v. State of Texas

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

We withdraw our prior opinion of March 13, 2018, City of El Cenizo v. Texas , 885 F.3d 332 (5th Cir. 2018), and substitute the following, the purpose of which is to eliminate reference to United States v. Gonzalez-Longoria , 831 F.3d 670 (5th Cir. 2016) (en banc), given that decision's abrogation by the Supreme Court in Sessions v. Dimaya , --- U.S. ----, 138 S.Ct. 1204 , 200 L.Ed.2d 549 (2018). 1

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