Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-01 00:00:39.413484+00
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Case: 22-10801      Document: 00516697227         Page: 1    Date Filed: 03/31/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                 ____________
                                                                      United States Court of Appeals
                                                                               Fifth Circuit
                                  No. 22-10801
                                Summary Calendar                             FILED
                                ____________                           March 31, 2023
                                                                        Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                 Clerk

                                                             Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                       versus

   Sergio Delgado-Perez,

                                           Defendant—Appellant.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of Texas
                           USDC No. 4:21-CR-337-1
                  ______________________________

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Sergio Delgado-Perez appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry after having been previously removed, in violation of 8 U.S.C.
   § 1326(a) and (b)(1). He argues that it violates his constitutional due process
   rights to treat a prior conviction that increases the statutory maximum under

          _____________________
          *
            Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
Case: 22-10801       Document: 00516697227          Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/31/2023

                                     No. 22-10801

   § 1326(b) as a sentencing factor, rather than as an element of the offense.
   Delgado-Perez concedes that the argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-
   Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but he wishes to preserve it for
   further review.     The Government has moved without opposition for
   summary affirmance or, alternatively, for an extension of time to file its brief.
          As the Government asserts and as Delgado-Perez concedes, the sole
   issue raised on appeal is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres. See United States
   v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553–54 (5th Cir. 2019); United States v. Wallace,
   759 F.3d 486, 497 (5th Cir. 2014). Because the Government’s position “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 (5th Cir. 1969), summary affirmance is proper.
          Accordingly, the motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and
   the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. The Government’s
   alternative motion for an extension of time is DENIED.

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