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Date Created: 2023-07-22 00:00:33.611031+00
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Case: 23-50010         Document: 00516829738             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/21/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50010
                                     Summary Calendar                                   FILED
                                     ____________                                     July 21, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Cesar Humberto Valencia-Terrazas,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:22-CR-433-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Cesar Humberto Valencia-Terrazas appeals his conviction and
   sentence for illegal reentry into the United States after a previous deportation
   under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). He argues that treating a prior felony
   conviction that increases the statutory maximum under § 1326(b) as a
   sentencing factor, rather than a separate element of the offense, violates the

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50010     Document: 00516829738           Page: 2   Date Filed: 07/21/2023

                                    No. 23-50010

   Constitution. He has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition
   and a letter brief conceding correctly 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). Valencia-Terrazas states that he
   has raised the issue only to preserve it for possible further review. Because
   summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406
   F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Valencia-Terrazas’s motion is GRANTED,
   and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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