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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Cruz GALVAN-PALOMINO, also known as Cruz Galvan-Palomino, also known as Cruz Galvan, also known as Roy Bennett, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 07-50500
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Dec. 12, 2007.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    George W. Aristotelidis, Law Offices of Jorge Aristotelidis, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    
      Before REAVLEY, BARKSDALE, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Jose Cruz Galvan-Palomino raises arguments that are foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a penalty provision and not a separate criminal offense. United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir.2007), cert. denied — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 872, 169 L.Ed.2d 737(2008). The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is 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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.