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Case: 22-50738         Document: 00516611609             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/16/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50738
                                  consolidated with                                   FILED
                                      No. 22-50739                              January 16, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar                             Lyle W. Cayce
                                    _____________                                     Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jaime Tomas-Antonio,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
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                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-125-1, 4:21-CR-345-1
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   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jaime Tomas-Antonio appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1), as well as the judgment
   revoking his term of supervised release for a prior offense. He has not

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-50738
                                  c/w No. 22-50739

   briefed, and has therefore abandoned, any challenge to the revocation of
   supervised release or his revocation sentence. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d
   222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          For the first time on appeal, Tomas-Antonio contends that § 1326(b)
   is unconstitutional because it allows for 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. He has filed an
   unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief explaining that
   he raises this issue only to preserve it for further review and conceding
   correctly that it 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).
   Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v.
   Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Tomas-Antonio’s motion is
   GRANTED, and the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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