Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-02-22 01:01:22.465093+00
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Case: 16-10588      Document: 00513882546         Page: 1    Date Filed: 02/21/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                    No. 16-10588
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                         February 21, 2017
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

FERNANDO VIERRA-GARCIA,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 5:15-CR-109-1

Before JOLLY, PRADO, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Fernando Vierra-Garcia
raises an argument that is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States,
523 U.S. 224, 228, 235 (1998), which held that convictions used to enhance a
sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) need not be set forth in the indictment.
Accordingly, the motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative
motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgment of
the district court is AFFIRMED.

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.