Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilfredo CANALES-CASTILLO, also known as Wilfredo Villatoro-Canales, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-06-22
Citations: 134 F. App'x 775
Docket Number: No. 04-41436
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilfredo CANALES-CASTILLO, also known as Wilfredo Villatoro-Canales, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 134
Pages: 775–776

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilfredo CANALES-CASTILLO, also known as Wilfredo Villatoro-Canales, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-41436.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided June 22, 2005.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Timothy William Crooks, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Wilfredo Canales-Castillo appeals from the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to illegal reentry. See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b). He argues pursuant to Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), that Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), should be overruled. He concedes that his constitutional argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres, and he raises it to preserve its further review'by the Supreme Court and to prevent procedural default in the event the law changes.
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). We therefore 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).
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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.