Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dora Virginia OSORIO DE KEITH, also known as Dora Laverne Keith, also known as Dora Virginia Keith, also known as Clara Gonzalez, also known as Clara Gonzalez de Gomez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-23
Citations: 101 F. App'x 555
Docket Number: No. 04-50108
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dora Virginia OSORIO DE KEITH, also known as Dora Laverne Keith, also known as Dora Virginia Keith, also known as Clara Gonzalez, also known as Clara Gonzalez de Gomez, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BARKSDALE, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 101
Pages: 555–556

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dora Virginia OSORIO DE KEITH, also known as Dora Laverne Keith, also known as Dora Virginia Keith, also known as Clara Gonzalez, also known as Clara Gonzalez de Gomez, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-50108.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided June 23, 2004.
Joseph H Gay, Jr, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Lucien B Campbell, Federal Public Defender, Philip J Lynch, Federal Public Defender’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before BARKSDALE, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Dora Virginia Osorio de Keith appeals the sentence imposed following her guilty plea conviction of being found in the Unit ed States after deportation/removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Osorio de Keith contends that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) define separate offenses. She argues that the prior conviction that resulted in her increased sentence is an element of a separate offense under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) that should have been alleged in her indictment. Osorio de Keith maintains that she pleaded guilty to an indictment which charged only simple reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). She argues that her sentence exceeds the two-year maximum term of imprisonment which may be imposed for that offense.
In Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), the Supreme Court held that the enhanced penalties in 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) are sentencing provisions, not elements of separate offenses. The Court further held that the sentencing provisions do not violate the Due Process Clause. Id. at 239-47, 118 S.Ct. 1219. Osorio de Keith acknowledges that her argument is foreclosed by AlmendarezTorres, but asserts that the decision has been cast into doubt by Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). She seeks to preserve her argument for further review.
Apprendi did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. See Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90, 120 S.Ct. 2348; United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d 979, 984 (5th Cir.2000). This court must follow Almendarez-Torres "unless and until the Supreme Court itself determines to overrule it." Dabeit, 231 F.3d at 984 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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.
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.