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Date Created: 2023-10-13 18:01:14.169568+00
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Case: 23-10304         Document: 00516930399             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/13/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-10304
                                  consolidated with                                    FILED
                                      No. 23-10322                              October 13, 2023
                                    _____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Miguel Angel Sanchez-Delgado,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                        USDC Nos. 3:22-CR-72-1, 3:19-CR-11-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit
   Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Miguel Angel Sanchez-Delgado appeals his 48-month prison sentence
   and two-year term of supervised release for illegally reentering the United
   States after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). He argues

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10304        Document: 00516930399       Page: 2    Date Filed: 10/13/2023

                                      23-10304
                                  c/w No. 23-10322

   that his sentence under § 1326(b)(1) violates the Sixth Amendment.
   Specifically, he contends that, because his indictment did not allege, and he
   did not admit, that he had a prior felony conviction, his prison sentence
   should not exceed two years and the term of supervised release should not
   exceed one year. Sanchez-Delgado has not briefed any argument regarding
   the consolidated appeal from his supervised release revocation proceeding.
           Sanchez-Delgado correctly concedes that his Sixth Amendment
   argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224
   (1998), but he wishes to preserve it for further review. See United States v.
   Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019). The Government has moved
   without opposition for summary affirmance or, alternatively, for an extension
   of time to file its brief.
           Because the Government’s position “is clearly right as a matter of law
   so that there can be no substantial question as to the outcome of the case,”
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969),
   summary affirmance is proper. Accordingly, the Government’s motion for
   summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court
   is AFFIRMED. The Government’s alternative motion for an extension of
   time to file a brief is DENIED.

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