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United States Court of Appeals
                                                                Fifth Circuit
                                                              F I L E D
               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                   April 21, 2004

                                                           Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                   Clerk
                             No. 03-20704
                         Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                     Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JESUS CORONADO-PINEDA,

                                     Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeals from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                      USDC No. H-01-CR-462-1
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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Jesus Coronado-Pineda appeals his guilty-plea conviction

for illegal reentry into the United States after deportation.

For the first time on appeal, Coronado-Pineda argues that the

sentencing provisions of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(1) & (2) are

unconstitutional in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466

(2000).   Coronado-Pineda acknowledges that his argument is

foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224

(1998), but he seeks to preserve the issue for Supreme Court

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
                            No. 03-20704
                                 -2-

review.   Apprendi did not overrule Almendarez-Torres.   See

Apprendi, 530 U.S. at 489-90; United States v. Dabeit, 231 F.3d

979, 984 (5th Cir. 2000).   Accordingly, the judgment of the

district court is affirmed.

     AFFIRMED.