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Date Created: 2023-07-28 00:01:03.961077+00
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Case: 23-50169         Document: 00516836497             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/27/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                                                                        FILED
                                       No. 23-50169                                   July 27, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                           Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jean Paol Leal-Camacho,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:22-CR-1570-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jean Leal-Camacho appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal re-
   entry after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). In his sole
   issue on appeal, Leal-Camacho contends that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional
   because it permits a sentence above the otherwise-applicable statutory maxi-
   mum based on facts that were neither alleged in the indictment nor found by

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
          Leal-Camacho files an unopposed motion for summary disposition
   and a letter brief explaining that he has raised this issue only to preserve it for
   further review and correctly conceding that the issue 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), Leal-Camacho’s motion is GRANTED, and the judgment is
   AFFIRMED.

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