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Date Created: 2023-01-12 01:00:22.072872+00
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Case: 22-50717         Document: 00516607426             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/11/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50717
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                               January 11, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jorge Castellanos-Haro,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:22-CR-141-1
                      ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jorge Castellanos-Haro appeals his conviction and sentence for
   reentry after deportation under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). He argues that
   treating a prior felony conviction that increases the statutory maximum under
   § 1326(b) as a sentencing factor, as opposed to a separate element of the
   offense itself, violates the Constitution. He has filed an unopposed motion
   for summary disposition and a letter brief conceding, correctly, that this issue
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50717      Document: 00516607426          Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/11/2023

                                    No. 22-50717

   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). Castellanos-Haro
   states that he has raised the issue only to preserve it for possible further
   review. Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Castellanos-Haro’s motion
   is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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