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Date Created: 2023-05-27 00:00:35.116095+00
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Case: 22-11245         Document: 00516766720             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/26/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-11245
                                     Summary Calendar                                   FILED
                                     ____________                                     May 26, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Antonio Rojas,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 7:22-CR-17-1
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   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          The district court sentenced Antonio Rojas to 30 months of imprison-
   ment and a three-year term of supervised release (“SR”) following his 2018
   conviction of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 kilograms or
   more of marihuana. In 2022, the court revoked the term of SR . For the first
   time on appeal, Rojas challenges the constitutionality of 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g),

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   which mandates revocation of SR and requires a term of imprisonment for
   any offender who violates certain conditions of SR, including possessing a
   controlled substance.
          Relying on United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019), Rojas
   contends that § 3583(g) is unconstitutional because it requires revocation of
   SR and imposition of imprisonment without affording the defendant the con-
   stitutionally guaranteed right to a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable
   doubt. Rojas concedes that his challenge is foreclosed by United States v.
   Garner, 969 F.3d 550 (5th Cir. 2020); he raises the point only to preserve it
   for further review. The government has filed an unopposed motion for sum-
   mary affirmance and, alternatively, for an extension of time to file its brief.
          In Garner, 969 F.3d at 551–53, we rejected the argument that Rojas has
   advanced and held that § 3583(g) is not unconstitutional under Haymond.
   Thus, Rojas’s sole argument on appeal is foreclosed. Accordingly, the mo-
   tion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative motion for ex-
   tension of time is DENIED, and the judgment is AFFIRMED. See Groen-
   dyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).

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