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Date Created: 2023-11-01 00:00:25.069353+00
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Case: 23-10626         Document: 00516951169             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/31/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-10626
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                               October 31, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Arthur Johnson,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 2:19-CR-34-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Haynes, Graves, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Following his 2019 guilty plea conviction for failing to register as a sex
   offender, Arthur Johnson was sentenced to 48 months of imprisonment and
   a five-year term of supervised release. His term of supervision was revoked
   in 2023. For the first time on appeal, he challenges the constitutionality of
   18 U.S.C. § 3583(g), which mandates revocation of supervised release and

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 23-10626

   a term of imprisonment for any offender who violates certain conditions of
   supervised release, including by possessing a controlled substance.
            Relying on United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019), Johnson
   contends that § 3583(g) is unconstitutional because it requires revocation of
   a term of supervised release and imposition of a term of imprisonment
   without affording the defendant the constitutionally guaranteed right to
   a jury trial. He concedes that his challenge is foreclosed by United States
   v. Garner, 969 F.3d 550 (5th Cir. 2020), and raises the issue to preserve it for
   further review.     The Government has filed an unopposed motion for
   summary affirmance and, alternatively, for an extension of time to file its
   brief.
            In Garner, we rejected the argument that Johnson has advanced and
   held that § 3583(g) is not unconstitutional under Haymond. See Garner,
   969 F.3d at 551-53. Thus, Johnson’s sole argument on appeal is foreclosed.
   Accordingly, the Government’s motion for summary affirmance is
   GRANTED, its alternative motion for extension of time is DENIED, and
   the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. See Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).

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