Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-16 00:00:23.506486+00
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Case: 22-50803         Document: 00516678087             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/15/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50803
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                                March 15, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jose Angel-Felix,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:22-CR-209-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Davis, Duncan, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jose Angel-Felix appeals his sentence for illegal reentry in violation of
   8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). In his sole issue on appeal, Angel-Felix argues
   that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it permits a sentence above the
   otherwise-applicable statutory maximum based on facts that are neither
   alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. He

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-50803

   has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief
   explaining that he has raised this issue only to preserve it for further review
   and conceding correctly that his argument 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). Because summary disposition is appropriate, see
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Angel-
   Felix’s motion is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is
   AFFIRMED.

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