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Date Created: 2023-02-01 01:00:21.062484+00
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Case: 22-50631         Document: 00516630362             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/31/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50631
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                               January 31, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jose Angel Morquecho-Sanchez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 4:22-CR-79-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jose Morquecho-Sanchez appeals his conviction and sentence for ille-
   gal reentry after removal. He maintains that his sentence exceeds the statu-
   tory maximum because the enhanced penalty provisions of 8 U.S.C.
   § 1326(b) are unconstitutional. He has filed an unopposed motion for sum-
   mary disposition and a letter brief conceding correctly that this issue is fore-

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50631     Document: 00516630362          Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/31/2023

                                   No. 22-50631

   closed 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). Morquecho-Sanchez
   states that he has raised the issue only to preserve it for possible further
   review.
         Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), the motion is GRANTED,
   and the judgment is AFFIRMED.

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