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United States Court of Appeals
                                                                 Fifth Circuit
                                                              F I L E D
                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                  April 19, 2006

                                                          Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                  Clerk
                             No. 05-41193
                           Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                      Plaintiff - Appellee

     v.

MIGUEL FIGUEROA-ROJAS

                      Defendant - Appellant

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                    USDC No. 5:05-CR-105-ALL
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Before KING, WIENER and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Miguel Figueroa-Rojas’s constitutional challenge is

foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224,

235 (1998).    Although Figueroa-Rojas contends that Almendarez-

Torres was incorrectly decided and that a majority of the Supreme

Court would overrule Almendarez-Torres in light of Apprendi v.

New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), we have repeatedly rejected such

arguments on the basis that Almendarez-Torres remains binding.

See United States v. Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 276 (5th Cir.),

     *
       Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
                          No. 05-41193
                               -2-

cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 298 (2005).   Figueroa-Rojas properly

concedes that his argument is foreclosed in light of Almendarez-

Torres and circuit precedent, but he raises it here to preserve

it for further review.

     The conviction and sentence of Figueroa-Rojas are AFFIRMED.