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Date Created: 2023-05-06 00:00:42.073628+00
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Case: 22-50988         Document: 00516740670             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/05/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                     _____________
                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50988
                                  consolidated with                                    FILED
                                      No. 22-50993                                    May 5, 2023
                                    _____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Gilberto Betero-Carrillo,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-434-1, 4:19-CR-872-2
                     ______________________________

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Gilberto Betero-Carrillo appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2), as well as
   the judgment revoking his term of supervised release for a prior offense. The
   latter challenge is unbriefed and thus abandoned. See United States v. Reagan,
   596 F.3d 251, 254–55 (5th Cir. 2010).

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50988      Document: 00516740670         Page: 2     Date Filed: 05/05/2023

                                    No. 22-50988
                                  c/w No. 22-50993

          On appeal, Betero-Carrillo contends that the recidivism enhancement
   in § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it permits 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.      Although Betero-Carrillo acknowledges that this
   argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224
   (1998), he nevertheless seeks to preserve it for possible Supreme Court
   review and has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition.
          Because Betero-Carrillo is correct that his argument is foreclosed, see
   United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553–54 (5th Cir. 2019), summary
   disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158,
   1162 (5th Cir. 1969). Accordingly, Betero-Carrillo’s motion is GRANTED,
   and the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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