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Date Created: 2024-04-25 00:00:43.140447+00
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Case: 23-50865            Document: 49-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/24/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
                                  _____________
                                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                   No. 23-50865                                       Fifth Circuit

                               consolidated with                                    FILED
                                   No. 23-50868                                 April 24, 2024
                                 Summary Calendar                              Lyle W. Cayce
                                 _____________                                      Clerk

United States of America,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Fernando Adolfo Romero-Ezquivel,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
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                   Appeals from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                    USDC Nos. 4:23-CR-269-1, 4:23-CR-367-1
                   ______________________________

Before Jones, Dennis, and Southwick, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
       Fernando Adolfo Romero-Ezquivel appeals following his conviction
for illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), as well as the revocation
of a previously imposed term of supervised release. Romero-Ezquivel argues
that the statutory sentencing enhancement in § 1326(b) is unconstitutional.

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       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50865       Document: 49-1      Page: 2    Date Filed: 04/24/2024

                                  23-50865
                              c/w No. 23-50868

He concedes that this argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United
States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), and has filed an unopposed motion for summary
disposition.
       Because the claim is foreclosed, see United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d
546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019), summary disposition is warranted, see Groendyke
Transp. Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969). Thus, the motion
for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgments of the district
court are AFFIRMED.

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