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Date Created: 2023-08-15 18:01:18.594412+00
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Case: 23-50273         Document: 00516858446             Page: 1      Date Filed: 08/15/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-50273
                                  consolidated with                                    FILED
                                      No. 23-50275                               August 15, 2023
                                    _____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Luis Alfredo Corral-Duran,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
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                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC Nos. 3:21-CR-696-1,
                                    3:22-CR-1911-1
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   Before Wiener, Stewart, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Defendant-Appellant Luis Alfredo Corral-Duran appeals his
   conviction and sentence for illegal reentry after removal, as well as the order
   revoking the term of supervised release that he was serving at the time of the
   offense. With regard to illegal reentry, he argues that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50273      Document: 00516858446           Page: 2     Date Filed: 08/15/2023

                                       23-50273
                                   c/w No. 23-50275

   unconstitutional because it allows a sentence above the otherwise applicable
   statutory maximum established by § 1326(a) based on facts that are neither
   alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
   Corral-Duran does not address the revocation or the revocation sentence and
   has therefore abandoned any challenge to them. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d
   222, 224–25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          Corral-Duran has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition
   and a letter brief correctly conceding that the only issue he raises 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). He explains that he has raised
   the issue to preserve it for possible further review. Because summary
   disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158,
   1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Corral-Duran’s motion is GRANTED, and the district
   court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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