Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador OSORTO-FORTIN, also known as Salvador Fortin, also known as Jose Osorto Martinez, also known as Salvador Fortin, also known as Hugo Ortiz Solis, also known as Salvador Osorto, also known as Pedro Gonzalez, also known as Salvador Osorto Fortin, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-24
Citations: 169 F. App'x 359
Docket Number: No. 05-40554
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador OSORTO-FORTIN, also known as Salvador Fortin, also known as Jose Osorto Martinez, also known as Salvador Fortin, also known as Hugo Ortiz Solis, also known as Salvador Osorto, also known as Pedro Gonzalez, also known as Salvador Osorto Fortin, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before GARZA, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 169
Pages: 359–360

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador OSORTO-FORTIN, also known as Salvador Fortin, also known as Jose Osorto Martinez, also known as Salvador Fortin, also known as Hugo Ortiz Solis, also known as Salvador Osorto, also known as Pedro Gonzalez, also known as Salvador Osorto Fortin, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-40554.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Feb. 24, 2006.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Margaret Christina Ling, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Philip G. Gallagher, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before GARZA, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Salvador Osorto-Fortin appeals his guilty-plea conviction for being an alien unlawfully found in the United States after deportation, having previously been convicted of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and 1326(b).
Osorto-Fortin challenges the constitutionality of § 1326(b). His constitutional challenge is foreclosed by AlmendarezTorres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). Although Osorto-Fortin contends that Almendarez-Torres was incorrectly decided and that a majority of the Supreme Court would overrule Almendarez-Torres in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), we have repeatedly rejected such arguments on the basis that AlmendarezTorres remains binding. See United States v. Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 276 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 126 S.Ct. 298, 163 L.Ed.2d 260 (2005). Osorto-Fortin properly concedes that his argument is foreclosed in light of AlmendarezTorres and circuit precedent, but he raises it here to preserve it for further review.
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.