Court Opinion

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United States Court of Appeals
                                                                Fifth Circuit
                                                             F I L E D
               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                 October 5, 2006

                                                          Charles R. Fulbruge III
                            No. 06-40285                          Clerk
                        Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                    Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JORGE SOROSA-SANCHEZ,

                                    Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                     USDC No. 7:05-CR-788-1
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Before JONES, Chief Judge, and SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Jorge Sorosa-

Sanchez raises arguments that are foreclosed by United States v.

Garcia-Mendez, 420 F.3d 454 (5th Cir. 2005), cert. denied, 126
S. Ct. 1398 (2006), which held that a Texas conviction for

burglary of a habitation was equivalent to burglary of a

dwelling, and by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S.
224, 235 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. 1326(b)(2) is a penalty

provision and not a separate criminal offense.   The Government’s

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                          No. 06-40285
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motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the judgment of the

district court is AFFIRMED.