Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-09 00:00:40.407628+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:18:14.197774
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Case: 23-50880           Document: 38-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/08/2024

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                            United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit
                                   No. 23-50880
                                 Summary Calendar                                   FILED
                                 ____________                                     April 8, 2024
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                         versus

Miguel Angel Ibarra-Mora,

                                           Defendant—Appellant.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Texas
                           USDC No. 5:23-CR-365-1
                  ______________________________

Before Davis, Willett, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
      Miguel Angel Ibarra-Mora appeals his conviction and sentence for
illegal reentry after removal.          He argues that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is
unconstitutional because it allows a sentence above the otherwise applicable
statutory maximum established by § 1326(a) based on facts that are neither
alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.

      _____________________
      *
          This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50880        Document: 38-1        Page: 2    Date Filed: 04/08/2024

                                  No. 23-50880

       Ibarra-Mora has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition
and a letter brief correctly conceding that the only issue he raises 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). He explains that he has raised
the issue to preserve it for possible further review. Accordingly, because
summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406
F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Ibarra-Mora’s motion is GRANTED, and
the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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