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Date Created: 2023-01-10 01:00:23.328531+00
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Case: 22-50728        Document: 00516603415             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/09/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50728
                                    Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                    ____________                               January 9, 2023
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                         Clerk

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Ignacio Martinez-Saucedo,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:22-CR-127-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Ignacio Martinez-Saucedo appeals his conviction and sentence for
   illegal reentry after removal. Martinez-Saucedo avers that his sentence of
   46 months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release exceeds the
   statutory maximum because the enhanced penalty provisions of 8 U.S.C.
   § 1326(b) are unconstitutional. He has filed an unopposed motion for sum-

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50728      Document: 00516603415           Page: 2     Date Filed: 01/09/2023

                                     No. 22-50728

   mary disposition and a letter brief conceding, correctly, that this issue is fore-
   closed 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). Martinez-Saucedo
   states that he raises the issue only 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), the motion is GRANTED,
   and the judgment is AFFIRMED.

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