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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arturo MARTINEZ-CORPUS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 05-40106.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Nov. 9, 2005.
    James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
    Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Arturo Martinez-Corpus appeals from his guilty-plea conviction of illegally reentering the United States after having been convicted of illegal entry. Martinez contends that the district court violated United States v. Booker, — U.S. -, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005), by sentencing him under the formerly mandatory Sentencing Guidelines regime. According to Martinez, application of the formerly mandatory regime was a structural error that should not require plain-error analysis. Martinez acknowledges that his structural-error and presumed-prejudice contentions are foreclosed, and he concedes that he cannot satisfy the plain-error test applicable to issues raised for the first time on appeal, but he raises the issues to preserve them for further review.

Martinez’s structural-error and presumptive-prejudice contentions are foreclosed. See United States v. Martinez-Lugo, 411 F.3d 597, 601 (5th Cir.2005), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 126 S.Ct. 464, — L.Ed. 2d - (2005) (No. 05-6242). Martinez has failed to demonstrate that his sentence likely would have been different under an advisory sentencing regime. See United States v. Mares, 402 F.3d 511, 522 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. - — ■, 126 S.Ct. 43, — L.Ed.2d --- (2005). The district court imposed the longest sentence indicated by Martinez’s sentencing range, denied Martinez’s request for a downward departure, and indicated a lack of sympathy for Martinez.

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.