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Date Created: 2023-07-06 00:00:34.17452+00
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Case: 22-51040         Document: 00516809727             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/05/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-51040
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                     July 5, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Carlos Esau Hernandez-Chavez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 1:21-CR-52-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Dennis, Elrod, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Carlos Esau Hernandez-Chavez appeals his conviction and sentence
   for illegal reentry after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2).
   Hernandez-Chavez contends that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it
   permits a sentence above the otherwise-applicable statutory maximum based
   on facts that were neither alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-51040      Document: 00516809727          Page: 2    Date Filed: 07/05/2023

                                    No. 22-51040

   beyond a reasonable doubt. He correctly acknowledges that this issue is
   foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). See
   United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019). He nevertheless
   seeks to preserve the issue for further review and has filed an unopposed
   motion for summary disposition.           Because summary disposition is
   appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir.
   1969), Hernandez-Chavez’s motion is GRANTED, and the district court’s
   judgment is AFFIRMED.

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