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Case: 22-11221         Document: 00516803673             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/28/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-11221
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                  June 28, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Sidney Ray Williams,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:19-CR-159-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Sidney Ray Williams was sentenced to 36 months of imprisonment
   and a three-year term of supervised release following his 2020 conviction for
   possession of a firearm by a felon. His term of supervised release was revoked
   in 2022. For the first time on appeal, he challenges the constitutionality of 18
   U.S.C. § 3583(g), which mandates revocation of supervised release and a

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   term of imprisonment for any offender who violates specified conditions of
   supervised release, including possessing a controlled substance.
            Relying on United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019), Williams
   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 by United States v.
   Garner, 969 F.3d 550 (5th Cir. 2020), and only 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 Williams has advanced and
   held that § 3583(g) is not unconstitutional under Haymond. See Garner, 969
   F.3d at 551–53. Thus, Williams’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, 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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