Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Miguel FIGUEROA-ROJAS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-04-19
Citations: 176 F. App'x 602
Docket Number: No. 05-41193
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Miguel FIGUEROA-ROJAS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 176
Pages: 602–603

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Miguel FIGUEROA-ROJAS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-41193.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided April 19, 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, Molly E. Odom, Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before KING, WIENER and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Miguel Figueroa-Rojas's constitutional challenge is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). Although Figueroa-Rojas 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). Figueroa-Rojas 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 conviction and sentence of Figueroa-Rojas are 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Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.