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Case: 23-50580   Document: 53-1   Page: 1   Date Filed: 03/01/2024

      United States Court of Appeals
           for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                        United States Court of Appeals
                                                                 Fifth Circuit
                         No. 23-50580
                       Summary Calendar                        FILED
                       ____________                        March 1, 2024
                                                          Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                      Clerk

                                                Plaintiff—Appellee,

                            versus

Miguel Cabrera-Olvera,

                                             Defendant—Appellant,

                    consolidated with
                      _____________

                         No. 23-50592
                       Summary Calendar
                       _____________

United States of America,

                                                Plaintiff—Appellee,

                            versus

Miguel Angel Cabrera-Olvera

                                             Defendant—Appellant.
Case: 23-50580            Document: 53-1         Page: 2      Date Filed: 03/01/2024

                   ______________________________

                  Appeals from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Texas
                          USDC Nos. 2:22-CR-2988-1,
                                2:22-CR-2439-1
                  ______________________________

Before Jones, Smith, and Dennis, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       Miguel Angel Cabrera-Olvera appeals his conviction and sentence for
illegal reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1), as
well as the revocation of his term of supervised release related to a prior illegal
reentry conviction. Cabrera-Olvera does not raise any issues in connection
with the revocation of his term of supervised release. Rather, he argues for
the first time on appeal 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 beyond a reasonable
doubt. Although Cabrera-Olvera acknowledges this argument is foreclosed
by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), he nevertheless
seeks to preserve it for possible Supreme Court review, and he has filed an
unopposed motion for summary disposition.
       This court has held that subsequent Supreme Court decisions such as
Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), and Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530
U.S. 466 (2000), did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. See United States v.
Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019). Thus, Cabrera-Olvera is correct
that his argument is foreclosed, and summary disposition is appropriate. See
Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).

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       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

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Case: 23-50580   Document: 53-1       Page: 3   Date Filed: 03/01/2024

                            23-50580
                        c/w No. 23-50592

     Cabrera-Olvera’s motion is GRANTED, and the judgments are
AFFIRMED.

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