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Date Created: 2023-06-09 18:02:12.894983+00
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Case: 22-11209         Document: 00516780316             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/09/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                                                                        FILED
                                       No. 22-11209                                   June 9, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Dion Ray Wheeler,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 1:15-CR-27-2
                      ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Dion Ray Wheeler was sentenced to 60 months of imprisonment and
   five years of supervised release following his 2016 conviction for possession
   with intent to distribute five grams or more of methamphetamine and aiding
   and abetting. His term of supervised release was revoked in both 2019 and
   2022. For the first time on appeal, he challenges the constitutionality of 18

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-11209       Document: 00516780316         Page: 2   Date Filed: 06/09/2023

                                    No. 22-11209

   U.S.C. § 3583(g), which mandates revocation of supervised release and a
   term of imprisonment for any offender who violates certain conditions of
   supervised release, including possessing a controlled substance.
            Relying on United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019), Wheeler
   contends that § 3583(g) is unconstitutional because it requires revocation of
   a term of supervised release and imposition of a term of imprisonment
   without affording the defendant the constitutionally guaranteed right to a
   jury trial. He concedes that his challenge is foreclosed under United States v.
   Garner, 969 F.3d 550 (5th Cir. 2020), and raises the issue to preserve it for
   further review.     The Government has filed an unopposed motion for
   summary affirmance and, alternatively, for an extension of time to file its
   brief.
            In Garner, we rejected the argument that Wheeler has advanced and
   held that § 3583(g) is not unconstitutional under Haymond. See Garner, 969
   F.3d at 551-53. Thus, Wheeler’s sole argument on appeal is foreclosed.
   Accordingly, the Government’s motion for summary affirmance is
   GRANTED, its alternative motion for extension of time is DENIED AS
   MOOT, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. See
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).

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