United States v. Cepeda-Rios, 530 F.3d 333, 335 and n.9 (5th Cir. Jun.4, 2008) (an alternative holding is binding precedent), citing Pruitt v. Levi Strauss & Co., 932 F.2d 458, 465 (5th Cir. 1991) ("This circuit follows the rule that alternative holdings are binding precedent and not obiter dictum."), abrogated on other grounds by Floors Unlimited, Inc., v. Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc., 55 F.3d 181, 185-86 (5th Cir. 1995); McLellan v. Miss. Power & Light Co., 545 F.2d 919, 925 n.21 (5th Cir. 1977) ("It has long been settled that all alternative rationales for a given result have precedential value.").