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Date Created: 2024-03-16 00:00:39.649974+00
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Case: 23-50511            Document: 55-1        Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/15/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                            United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 23-50511
                                  Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                  ____________                                March 15, 2024
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Edward Jimenez,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                            USDC No. 5:98-CR-304-1
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Before Elrod, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       Edward Jimenez appeals the denial of his motion for a sentence
reduction pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), in which he argued that his
life sentence is unconstitutional. The district court denied the motion based
on our holding that “a prisoner cannot use § 3582(c) to challenge the legality

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50511         Document: 55-1     Page: 2      Date Filed: 03/15/2024

                                 No. 23-50511

or the duration of his sentence[.]” United States v. Escajeda, 58 F.4th 184,
187 (5th Cir. 2023).
       Jimenez has filed a letter brief and an unopposed motion for summary
disposition. He concedes that his argument on appeal—that constitutional
defects in his sentence are extraordinary and compelling reasons warranting
a reduction of sentence under § 3582(c)(1)(A)—is foreclosed by Escajeda,
although he seeks to preserve it for further review.
       Where “there can be no substantial question as to the outcome of the
case,” summary disposition is appropriate. Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis,
406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969). Accordingly, the motion for summary
disposition is GRANTED, and the district court’s order is AFFIRMED.

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