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Date Created: 2023-01-17 19:00:39.059913+00
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Case: 22-50610         Document: 00516612375             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/17/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50610
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                               January 17, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Geronimo Juarez-Medellin,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 4:22-CR-46-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Jolly, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Geronimo Juarez-Medellin appeals his conviction and sentence for
   illegal reentry after removal from the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C.
   § 1326(a) & (b)(2), arguing 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

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50610      Document: 00516612375          Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/17/2023

                                    No. 22-50610

   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.
          Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Juarez-Medellin’s motion
   is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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