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Date Created: 2023-01-17 19:00:38.250925+00
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Case: 22-50660         Document: 00516612574             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/17/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50660
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                               January 17, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Dylan Brando Ervey Macias-Torres,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 2:21-CR-1824-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Dylan Brando Ervey Macias-Torres appeals his conviction and
   sentence for illegal reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)
   and (b)(2). On appeal, he argues for the first time that the recidivism
   enhancement in § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it permits 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
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-50660

   beyond a reasonable doubt. Macias-Torres acknowledges that this argument
   is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but
   he seeks to preserve it for possible Supreme Court review. Accordingly, he
   has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition.
          As Macias-Torres 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). Summary disposition is therefore appropriate. See
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).
          Accordingly, Macias-Torres’s motion for summary disposition is
   GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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