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Date Created: 2023-09-26 00:00:32.836014+00
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Case: 23-10320        Document: 00516907606             Page: 1      Date Filed: 09/25/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-10320
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                             September 25, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Davin Chaz Nevins,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 2:20-CR-24-1
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   Before Davis, Haynes, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Davin Chaz Nevins was sentenced to 37 months in prison and a three-
   year term of supervised release following his 2020 conviction for possessing
   a firearm after a felony conviction. His term of supervision was revoked in
   2023. Relying on United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019), Nevins
   contends for the first time on appeal that 18 U.S.C. § 3583(g) is

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   unconstitutional because it requires revocation of supervised release and
   imposition of a term of imprisonment based on facts that need not be proved
   to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
          The Government has filed an unopposed motion for summary
   affirmance or, in the alternative, for an extension of time to file its brief. The
   motion asserts that Nevins’s argument is foreclosed by United States v.
   Garner, 969 F.3d 550 (5th Cir. 2020), which held that § 3583(g) is not
   unconstitutional under Haymond. See Garner, 969 F.3d at 551-53.
          Nevins concedes his argument is foreclosed, explaining that he raises
   the issue to preserve it for further review. This concession is well founded,
   and thus summary affirmance is appropriate. See Groendyke Transp., Inc. v.
   Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969). Accordingly, the Government’s
   motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, its alternative motion for an
   extension of time DENIED, and the judgment of the district court is
   AFFIRMED.

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