Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Humberto GONZALES-GONZALES, also known as Roberto Soto Flores, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-09-10
Citations: 108 F. App'x 914
Docket Number: No. 04-10279
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Humberto GONZALES-GONZALES, also known as Roberto Soto Flores, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 108
Pages: 914–915

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Humberto GONZALES-GONZALES, also known as Roberto Soto Flores, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-10279.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Sept. 10, 2004.
Tamara Lynn Reno, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Ira Raymond Kirkendoll, Federal Public Defender, Carlos R. Cardona, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Huberto Gonzales-Gonzales ("Gonzales") entered a guilty plea to a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326 for being found in the United States subsequent to deportation and without having obtained permission to re-enter. The district court sentenced Gonzales to sixty-four months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release.
The sole issue raised in adversarial fashion is whether Gonzales's prior conviction that resulted in his increased sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) was an element of the offense that had to be alleged in the indictment. Gonzales acknowledges that his argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres but he seeks to preserve the issue for Supreme Court review in light of the Court's more recent Apprendi decision. Apprendi did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. The Government's motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED. The Government's motion to dismiss the appeal and motion for an extension of time to file a brief are DENIED as moot.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
. Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998).
. Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000).
. See id. at 489-90; United States v. Mancia-Perez, 331 F.3d 464, 470 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 935, 124 S.Ct. 358, 157 L.Ed.2d 245 (2003).