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Case: 22-50186   Document: 00516604578   Page: 1   Date Filed: 01/10/2023

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
                                                          United States Court of Appeals
                                                                   Fifth Circuit
                            No. 22-50186
                          Summary Calendar                       FILED
                                                           January 10, 2023
                                                            Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                     Clerk

                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                versus

   Luis Alberto Escobedo-Duenas,

                                               Defendant—Appellant,

                        consolidated with
                          _____________

                            No. 22-50187
                           ____________

   United States of America,

                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                versus

   Luis Alberto Escobedo-Duena,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
Case: 22-50186     Document: 00516604578         Page: 2     Date Filed: 01/10/2023

                                    No. 22-50186
                                  c/w No. 22-50187

                  Appeals from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:11-CR-296-6
                            USDC No. 4:21-CR-750-1

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Luis Alberto Escobedo-Duenas appeals his guilty plea conviction and
   sentence for illegal reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)
   and (b)(2). He also appeals the district court’s order revoking the term of
   supervised release he was serving at the time of the offense. Because his
   appellate brief does not raise a challenge to the revocation or the revocation
   sentence, he abandons any challenge to that order. See Yohey v. Collins, 985
   F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          On appeal, Escobedo-Duenas argues that the recidivism enhancement
   in § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it permits a sentence above the
   otherwise-applicable statutory maximum established by § 1326(a) based on
   facts that are neither alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a
   reasonable doubt. While Escobedo-Duenas acknowledges this argument is
   foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), he
   nevertheless seeks to preserve it for possible Supreme Court review.
   Accordingly, he has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition.
          As Escobedo-Duenas concedes, his argument is foreclosed by
   Almendarez-Torres. See United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir.
   2019). Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,

          *
            Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.

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Case: 22-50186    Document: 00516604578        Page: 3    Date Filed: 01/10/2023

                                  No. 22-50186
                                c/w No. 22-50187
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), the motion is GRANTED,
   and the judgments of the district court are AFFIRMED.

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