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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge Alberto CANTU-SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-20690.
    Conference Calendar
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    DECIDED: April 23, 2004.
    James Lee Turner, Julia Bowen Stern, Assistant US Attorney, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Brent Evan Newton, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Jorge Alberto Cantu-Sanchez was found guilty following a bench trial of being found unlawfully present in the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). He argues that the indictment should be dismissed under United States v. Mendoza-Lopez, 481 U.S. 828, 107 S.Ct. 2148, 95 L.Ed.2d 772 (1987), because the immigration judge who ordered him deported erred in failing to advise him that he possessed a right to apply for discretionary relief from deportation for which he was eligible to apply. He concedes that his argument is foreclosed by United States v. Lopez-Ortiz, 313 F.3d 225 (5th Cir.2002), and he raises the claim solely to preserve the issue for further review.

The Government has moved for a summary affirmance in lieu of filing an appellee’s brief. In its motion, the Government asks that an appellee’s brief not be required. The motion is GRANTED. The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

AFFIRMED; MOTION GRANTED. 
      
      
         Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.