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Date Created: 2023-06-16 00:00:56.860776+00
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Case: 22-51093         Document: 00516788695             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/15/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-51093
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                  June 15, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Ever Sanchez-Herrera,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:22-CR-1230-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Davis, Duncan, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Ever Sanchez-Herrera appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). In his sole
   issue on appeal, Sanchez-Herrera contends that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional
   because it permits a sentence above the otherwise-applicable statutory

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-51093      Document: 00516788695          Page: 2    Date Filed: 06/15/2023

                                    No. 22-51093

   maximum based on facts that were neither alleged in the indictment nor
   found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
          He has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition and a
   letter brief explaining that he has raised this issue only to preserve it for
   further review and correctly conceding that this issue 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). Because summary disposition is
   appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir.
   1969), Herrera-Sanchez’s motion is GRANTED, and the district court’s
   judgment is AFFIRMED.

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