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Case: 22-51064   Document: 00516765867   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. 22-51064
                          Summary Calendar                       FILED
                          ____________                       May 26, 2023
                                                            Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                     Clerk

                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                versus

   Luis Ferney Campuzano-Henao,

                                               Defendant—Appellant,

                        consolidated with
                          _____________

                            No. 22-51066
                          _____________

   United States of America,

                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                versus

   Luis Ferney Campuzano Henao,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
Case: 22-51064         Document: 00516765867               Page: 2    Date Filed: 05/26/2023

                                          No. 22-51064
                                        c/w No. 22-51066

                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-609-1, 4:22-CR-616-1
                     ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Luis Ferney Campuzano-Henao appeals his conviction and sentence
   for illegal reentry after removal from the United States, in violation of 8
   U.S.C. § 1326(a) & (b). He also appeals the revocation of his supervised
   release and the sentence imposed upon revocation; however, because he does
   not address either the validity of the revocation or the revocation sentence,
   he has abandoned any challenge to those issues on appeal. See Yohey v.
   Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          With respect to his illegal reentry conviction and sentence,
   Campuzano-Henao argues that the application of § 1326(b)’s enhanced
   penalty provision is unconstitutional because it permits a defendant to be
   sentenced above the statutory maximum of § 1326(a) based on the fact of a
   prior conviction that was not alleged in the indictment or found by a jury
   beyond a reasonable doubt. He has filed an unopposed motion for summary
   disposition and a letter brief conceding that the issue is foreclosed 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), and explaining that he raises the
   issue to preserve it for Supreme Court review.

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

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Case: 22-51064    Document: 00516765867        Page: 3    Date Filed: 05/26/2023

                                    22-51064
                                c/w No. 22-51066

         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 district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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