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Date Created: 2023-07-10 18:00:45.762914+00
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Case: 23-50077         Document: 00516814177             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/10/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50077
                                     Summary Calendar                                   FILED
                                     ____________                                     July 10, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Armando Orozco-Calderon,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:22-CR-651-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Davis, Smith, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Armando Orozco-Calderon appeals the sentence imposed after his
   guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry subsequent to removal, pursuant to
   8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). Orozco-Calderon contends that it violates the
   Constitution to treat a prior conviction that increases the statutory maximum
   under § 1326(b) as a sentencing factor, rather than as an element of the

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 23-50077

   offense.   Orozco-Calderon concedes that this issue is foreclosed by
   Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but he seeks to
   preserve the issue for future review. In addition, he has filed an unopposed
   motion for summary disposition.
          As Orozco-Calderon 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 his 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
   disposition is proper.       Accordingly, Orozco-Calderon’s motion is
   GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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