Opinion ID: 50926
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: gomez-gomez's remaining arguments

Text: Gomez-Gomez includes two additional arguments in his brief. First, he argues that the district court erred in enhancing his sentence under § 2L1.2(b)(1)(B) based on his conviction for a drug crime in 1996. However, our review of the record reveals that neither the pre-sentence report nor the district court considered Gomez-Gomez's drug conviction for the purposes of a 16-level enhancement under § 2L1.2(b)(1)(B). That conviction was mentioned at sentencing, and Gomez-Gomez objected to its potential use by the district court, but the court never actually relied upon it. Accordingly, it is not our place to consider it at this time. Finally, Gomez-Gomez challenges the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b), which treats prior felony and aggravated felony convictions as sentencing factors rather than elements of the offense that must be found by a jury. Gomez-Gomez concedes, however, that this argument is currently foreclosed by the Supreme Court's opinion in Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998). He presents it to us solely to preserve it for possible Supreme Court review, and we need not consider it further.