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Date Created: 2023-05-03 18:00:40.73316+00
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Case: 22-50966        Document: 00516735939             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/03/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50966
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                                     May 3, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Hector Lares-Nunez,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:22-CR-479-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Hector Lares-Nunez appeals his sentence for illegal reentry into the
   United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). Lares-Nunez argues that
   the recidivism enhancement in § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it
   permits a sentence above the applicable maximum in § 1326(a), based on
   facts neither alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-50966

   reasonable doubt.     Lares-Nunez acknowledges that his argument is
   foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but he
   nevertheless seeks to preserve it for possible Supreme Court review.
   Accordingly, Lares-Nunez has filed an unopposed motion for summary
   disposition.
          We have held that subsequent Supreme Court decisions such as
   Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), and Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530
   U.S. 466 (2000), did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. See United States v.
   Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019). As Lares-Nunez concedes that
   his argument is foreclosed, summary disposition is appropriate.          See
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).
          Lares-Nunez’s motion is GRANTED, and the district court’s
   judgment is AFFIRMED.

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