Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Epigmeneo REYNA-VELOZ, also known as Pedro Paz-Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-23
Citations: 169 F. App'x 282
Docket Number: No. 05-40627
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Epigmeneo REYNA-VELOZ, also known as Pedro Paz-Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before GARZA, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 169
Pages: 282–283

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Epigmeneo REYNA-VELOZ, also known as Pedro Paz-Rodriguez, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 05-40627.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Feb. 23, 2006.
James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
Thomas S. Berg, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Philip G. Gallagher, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before GARZA, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Epigmeneo Reyna-Veloz was convicted of one charge of illegal reentry into the United States and sentenced to serve 30 months in prison and a two-year term of supervised release. He argues that the district court erred by determining that his prior Texas felony conviction for burglary of a habitation was a crime of vio lence under U.S.S.G. § 2L1.2(b)(l)(A)(ii). This argument is unavailing. See United States v. Garcia-Mendez, 420 F.3d 454, 456-57 (5th Cir.2005), petition for cert, filed (Dec. 15, 2005)(No. 05-8542).
Reyna-Veloz's constitutional challenge to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). Although Reyna-Veloz 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 Almendarez-Torres 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). Reyna-Veloz properly concedes that his argument is foreclosed in light of Almendarez-Torres and circuit precedent, but he raises it here to preserve it for further review.
Reyna-Veloz has shown no error in the judgment of the district court. Consequently, that judgment 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.