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Case: 22-50375    Document: 00516608077       Page: 1    Date Filed: 01/12/2023

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                 United States Court of Appeals
                                                                          Fifth Circuit
                                No. 22-50375
                              Summary Calendar                          FILED
                              ____________                       January 12, 2023
                                                                   Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                            Clerk

                                                         Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                    versus

   Manuel Camilo Ordonez-Mendoza,

                                                      Defendant—Appellant,

                           consolidated with
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                               No. 22-50399
                             Summary Calendar
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   United States of America,

                                                         Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                    versus

   Manuel Ordonez-Mendoza,

                                          Defendant—Appellant.
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                 Appeals from the United States District Court
                      for the Western District of Texas
                          USDC No. 4:21-CR-1045-1
                            USDC No. 4:22-CR-2-1
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Case: 22-50375         Document: 00516608077             Page: 2      Date Filed: 01/12/2023

                                             No. 22-50375
                                           c/w No. 22-50399

   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Manuel Ordonez-Mendoza appeals his sentence for illegal reentry in
   violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2) and appeals the revocation of the
   term of supervised release he was serving at the time of the offense. Regard-
   ing the former, Ordonez-Mendoza contends that the enhancement of his sen-
   tence per § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because the fact of a prior conviction
   was not charged and proven beyond a reasonable doubt. Because Ordonez-
   Mendoza does not address the revocation or the revocation sentence, he has
   abandoned any challenge to them. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224–
   25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          Ordonez-Mendoza has filed an unopposed motion for summary dis-
   position and a letter brief explaining that he raises this issue only to preserve
   it for further review, correctly conceding it to be 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), Ordonez-Mendoza’s
   motion is GRANTED, and the judgments are AFFIRMED.

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              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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