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Date Created: 2023-01-18 01:00:53.266933+00
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Case: 22-50626         Document: 00516613332             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/17/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50626
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                               January 17, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Miguel Valdivia-Gonzalez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 4:22-CR-38-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Miguel Valdivia-Gonzalez appeals his conviction and sentence for
   illegal reentry after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2).
          In his sole issue on appeal, Valdivia-Gonzalez contends that § 1326(b)
   is unconstitutional because it permits a sentence above the otherwise-
   applicable statutory maximum based on facts that were neither alleged in the

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50626     Document: 00516613332           Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/17/2023

                                    No. 22-50626

   indictment nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. He has filed an
   unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief explaining that
   he has raised this issue only to preserve it for further review and conceding
   that this issue 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).
          Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Valdivia-Gonzalez’s motion
   is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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