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Date Created: 2023-06-13 00:01:18.117839+00
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Case: 22-50909        Document: 00516783100             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/12/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                                                                       FILED
                                      No. 22-50909                                   June 12, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar
                                    ____________                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                          Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Alfredo Garcia-Aleman,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:22-CR-311-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Alfredo Garcia-Aleman appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). Garcia-
   Aleman 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 indictment nor found by a jury beyond a

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50909     Document: 00516783100          Page: 2   Date Filed: 06/12/2023

                                   No. 22-50909

   reasonable doubt. He correctly acknowledges 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). He nevertheless seeks to
   preserve the issue for further review and has filed an unopposed motion for
   summary disposition.     Because summary disposition is appropriate, see
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969),
   Garcia-Aleman’s motion is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment
   is AFFIRMED.

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