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Date Created: 2023-02-27 16:00:47.131979+00
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Case: 22-50374         Document: 00516655215             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/24/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50374
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                              February 24, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Nicasio Nevarez-Zamudio,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:21-CR-1067-1
                      ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Nicasio Nevarez-Zamudio appeals his conviction and sentence for
   illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2), contending that
   the enhancement of his sentence under § 1326(b) is unconstitutional. He has
   filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief
   explaining that he raises this issue only to preserve it for further review,
   correctly conceding it to be foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States,
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50374     Document: 00516655215          Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/24/2023

                                   No. 22-50374

   523 U.S. 224 (1998). See United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553–54 (5th
   Cir. 2019).
          Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Nevarez-Zamudio’s motion
   is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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