Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Juan Jose GARCIA-DE LA CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-04-28
Citations: 647 F. App'x 340
Docket Number: No. 15-10989
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Juan Jose GARCIA-DE LA CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DAVIS, JONES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 647
Pages: 340–341

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Juan Jose GARCIA-DE LA CRUZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-10989
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 28, 2016.
James Wesley Hendrix, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Jason Douglas Hawkins, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Dallas, TX, Helen Miller Liggett, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Lubbock, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DAVIS, JONES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Juan Jose Garcia-De La Cruz pleaded guilty to illegally reentering the United States after deportation. He objected to the presentence report arguing that his sentence should not have been enhanced pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b). The district court overruled the objection. He received a within-guidelines sentence of 14 months of imprisonment and a 3-year term of supervised release.
Garcia-De La Cruz argues that his sentence should not have been enhanced pursuant to § 1326(b) based on his commission of a felony before his prior deportation because that felony was not pleaded in the instant indictment and proved beyond a reasonable doubt. He challenges the validity of Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), and Alleyne v. United States, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013). Gareia-De La Cruz concedes that his argument is foreclosed and raises it to preserve it for further review. In its unopposed motion for summary -affir-mance, the Government agrees that the issue is foreclosed and alternately moves for an extension of time to file a. brief.
The motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, 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.