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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                February 24, 2006

                                                          Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                  Clerk
                            No. 05-40902
                        Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                    Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

EDGAR CASTANEDA-SALGADO,
also known as Guadalupe Guerra,

                                    Defendant-Appellant.

                        --------------------
           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                       USDC No. 1:05-CR-62-1
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Before GARZA, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Edgar Castaneda-Salgado, also known as Guadalupe Guerra,

appeals his guilty-plea conviction and sentence for illegal

reentry following deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326.

Castaneda-Salgado raises a Fourth Amendment challenge to the

collection of a DNA sample as a condition of his supervised

release.   As Castaneda-Salgado concedes, such a claim is not ripe

for review, and we lack jurisdiction to consider it.      See United

States v. Riascos-Cuenu, 428 F.3d 1100, 1102 (5th Cir. 2005),

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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. 05-40902
                                -2-

petition for cert. filed (Jan. 9, 2006) (No. 05-8662).

Accordingly, that portion of the appeal must be dismissed.

     Castaneda-Salgado also challenges the constitutionality of

§ 1326(b)’s treatment of prior felony and aggravated felony

convictions as sentencing factors rather than elements of the

offense that must be found by a jury in light of Apprendi v. New

Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000).

     Castaneda-Salgado’s constitutional challenge is foreclosed

by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235 (1998).

Although Castaneda-Salgado contends that Almendarez-Torres was

incorrectly decided and that a majority of the Supreme Court

would overrule Almendarez-Torres in light of Apprendi, we have

repeatedly rejected such arguments on the basis that

Almendarez-Torres remains binding.   See United States v.

Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 276 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 126

S. Ct. 298 (2005).   Castaneda-Salgado properly concedes that his

argument is foreclosed in light of Almendarez-Torres and circuit

precedent, but raises it here to preserve it for further review.

    JUDGMENT AFFIRMED; APPEAL DISMISSED IN PART.