Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Antelmo MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-11-07
Citations: 544 F. App'x 554
Docket Number: No. 13-40268
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Antelmo MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIENER, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 544
Pages: 554–555

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Antelmo MENDEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-40268
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 7, 2013.
Renata Ann Gowie, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Molly Estelle Odom, Esq., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WIENER, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jose Antelmo Mendez pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and he was sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e), to the mandatory minimum sentence of 180 months of imprisonment. Represented by the Federal Public Defender, Mendez raises two arguments, in order to preserve the issues for further review, that he correctly concedes are foreclosed by circuit precedent.
Under Apprendi v. New Jersey, 580 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2848, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), the Government was not required to charge in the indictment the predicate facts for the ACCA enhancement and either have Mendez admit those facts or have those facts proven to a jury. See United States v. White, 465 F.3d 250, 254 (5th Cir.2006); United States v. Stone, 306 F.3d 241, 243 (5th Cir.2002). " '[Neither the [ACCA] nor the Constitution requires a jury finding on the existence of the three previous felony convictions required for the enhancement.' " White, 465 F.3d at 254 (quoting Stone, 306 F.3d at 243). Likewise, Mendez's Commerce Clause challenge to the constitutionality of § 922(g)(1) is foreclosed, and " 'the constitutionality of § 922(g) is not open to question.' " United States v. Daugherty, 264 F.3d 513, 518 (5th Cir.2001) (quoting Untied States v. De Leon, 170 F.3d 494, 499 (5th Cir.1999)).
The appellant's motion for summary disposition 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.