Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Celedino GARZA-REYNA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-10-05
Citations: 201 F. App'x 292
Docket Number: No. 05-20916
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Celedino GARZA-REYNA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, Chief Judge, and SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 201
Pages: 292–292

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Celedino GARZA-REYNA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-20916
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 5, 2006.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, 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 JONES, Chief Judge, and SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Celedino Garza-Reyna raises arguments that are foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a penalty provision and not a separate criminal offense, and by United States v. Lopez-Ortiz, 313 F.3d 225, 229-31 (5th Cir. 2002), which held that an immigration judge's failure to inform an alien of his eligibility for discretionary waiver of removal at his removal proceeding did not render the proceeding fundamentally unfair. The Government's motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.