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Date Created: 2024-01-17 01:00:32.009781+00
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Case: 23-50567         Document: 00517033629             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/16/2024

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50567
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                               January 16, 2024
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Emmanuel Barraza-Ramirez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:23-CR-558-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Davis, Ho, and Ramirez, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Emmanuel Barraza-Ramirez appeals following his conviction for
   illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). He contends for the first
   time on appeal that the statutory sentencing enhancement in § 1326(b) is
   unconstitutional. He concedes that his claim is foreclosed by Almendarez-

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50567     Document: 00517033629         Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/16/2024

                                  No. 23-50567

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

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