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Date Created: 2023-01-12 19:01:12.06865+00
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Case: 22-50713         Document: 00516608273             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/12/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50713
                                  consolidated with                                   FILED
                                      No. 22-50715                              January 12, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar                             Lyle W. Cayce
                                    _____________                                     Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Andres Ajualip-Pablo,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
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                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-147-1; 4:22-CR-181-1
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   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Andres Ajualip-Pablo appeals his sentence of 27 months of
   imprisonment and three years of supervised release imposed following his
   guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry after removal, as well as the
   revocation of the term of supervised release he was serving at the time of the

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50713      Document: 00516608273           Page: 2     Date Filed: 01/12/2023

                                     No. 22-50713
                                   c/w No. 22-50715

   offense. Regarding the illegal reentry sentence, he argues that 8 U.S.C.
   § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it allows a sentence above the otherwise
   applicable statutory maximum of two years of imprisonment and one year of
   supervised release based on facts that are neither alleged in the indictment
   nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Because Ajualip-Pablo does
   not address the revocation or the revocation sentence, he has abandoned any
   challenge to them. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
          Ajualip-Pablo 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), Ajualip-Pablo’s motion is GRANTED, and
   the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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