Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-10-02 18:00:55.781785+00
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Case: 17-10071      Document: 00514178627         Page: 1    Date Filed: 10/02/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 17-10071                                FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                        October 2, 2017
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

JESUS IVAN ARANDA-LUNA,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 3:16-CR-243-1

Before REAVLEY, PRADO, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Jesus Ivan Aranda-Luna pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the United
States and was sentenced within the advisory guidelines range to 39 months
of imprisonment and one year of supervised release. In his only argument on
appeal, he asserts that because the indictment did not allege that he had a
prior felony conviction, his sentence exceeded the two-year statutory maximum
sentence set forth in 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and violated his due process rights. He

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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concedes that his argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United
States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but states that he seeks to preserve it for possible
future review because recent decisions indicate that the Supreme Court may
reconsider the issue. See Alleyne v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2151 (2013).
      The Government has filed a motion for summary affirmance, or
alternatively, for an extension of time to file a brief. Summary affirmance is
proper when, among other instances, “the position of one of the parties is
clearly right as a matter of law so that there can be no substantial question as
to the outcome of the case.” Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158,
1162-63 (5th Cir. 1969).
      As Aranda-Luna concedes, his due process argument is foreclosed by
Almendarez-Torres. The Supreme Court’s subsequent decisions in Apprendi v.
New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), and Alleyne did not overrule Almendarez-
Torres. See United States v. Juarez-Duarte, 513 F.3d 204, 211 (5th Cir. 2008);
United States v. Wallace, 759 F.3d 486, 497 (5th Cir. 2014). Accordingly, the
Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the
judgment is AFFIRMED.         The Government’s alternative motion for an
extension of time to file a brief is DENIED.

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