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Case: 22-50731   Document: 00516603582   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. 22-50731
                          Summary Calendar                       FILED
                          ____________                     January 9, 2023
                                                            Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                     Clerk

                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                versus

   Victor Manuel Palma,

                                               Defendant—Appellant,

                        consolidated with
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                            No. 22-50735
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   United States of America,

                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                versus

   Victor Manuel Barrientos-Palma,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
Case: 22-50731         Document: 00516603582             Page: 2      Date Filed: 01/09/2023

                                         No. 22-50731
                                       c/w No. 22-50735

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                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-130-1, 4:22-CR-525-1
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   Before Stewart, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Victor Manuel Palma appeals his sentence for illegal reentry into the
   United States after having been removed, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)
   and (b)(1), along with the revocation of the supervised release that he was
   serving at the time of the offense.               He contends that § 1326(b) is
   unconstitutional because it allows a sentence above the otherwise applicable
   statutory maximum based on facts that are neither alleged in the indictment
   nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Because Palma does not
   address the validity of the revocation of his terms of supervised release or the
   sentence imposed upon revocation, he has abandoned any challenge to that
   judgment. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224–25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          Palma moves for summary disposition, correctly conceding that his
   challenge to § 1326(b) is foreclosed by the Supreme Court’s decision in
   Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), and explaining that
   he merely seeks to preserve the issue for further review. 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), Palma’s motion is GRANTED, and the judgments of the district
   court are AFFIRMED.

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              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

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