Court Opinion

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Case: 16-10228      Document: 00513723107         Page: 1    Date Filed: 10/18/2016

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                    No. 16-10228
                                 Conference Calendar
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                                                         October 18, 2016
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

ARTURO ZUAREZ-MALDONADO,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                  Appeals from the United States District Court
                       for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 5:15-CR-72-1

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Arturo Zuarez-Maldonado
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

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
    Case: 16-10228   Document: 00513723107     Page: 2   Date Filed: 10/18/2016

                                No. 16-10228

motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgment of
the district court is AFFIRMED.

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