Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ-FLORES, also known as Simon Millan-Flores, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-23
Citations: 101 F. App'x 541
Docket Number: No. 03-41501
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ-FLORES, also known as Simon Millan-Flores, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BARKSDALE, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 101
Pages: 541–542

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Luis RODRIGUEZ-FLORES, also known as Simon Millan-Flores, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-41501.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided June 23, 2004.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, Mark Michael Dowd, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Brownsville, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Reynaldo Santos Cantu, Jr., Roland E Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, H Michael Sokolow, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before BARKSDALE, DeMOSS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Luis Rodriguez-Flores appeals the revocation of his supervised release based on his being found illegally in the United States after deportation in violation of the conditions of his supervised release. He argues that his underlying conviction under 8 U.S.C. § 1326 is unconstitutional in view of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). A defendant may not use the revocation of supervised release to challenge his sentence for the underlying offense based on Apprendi for the first time. United States v. Moody, 277 F.3d 719, 720-21 (5th Cir.2001). Therefore, Rodriguez-Flores may not challenge his underlying conviction in this appeal of the revocation of his supervised release. See id.
Nonetheless, Rodriguez-Flores acknowledges that his attack on his conviction is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 226-27, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), but seeks to preserve it for Supreme Court review. Apprendi did not overrule AlmendarezTorres. Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90, 496. This court must follow AlmendarezTorres until the Supreme Court overrules it. United States v. Hemandez-Avalos, 251 F.3d 505, 507 & n. 1 (5th Cir.2001).
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.