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Case: 22-50495         Document: 00516636929             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/07/2023

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

                                      No. 22-50495                                    FILED
                                  consolidated with                             February 7, 2023
                                      No. 22-50496                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                                  Clerk
                                    _____________

   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Bequer Calvo-Perez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-30-1, 4:21-CR-801-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Dennis, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Bequer Calvo-Perez appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1), along with
   the revocation of a term of supervised release he was serving for a prior

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50495       Document: 00516636929       Page: 2     Date Filed: 02/07/2023

                                    No. 22-50495
                                  c/w No. 22-50496

   offense. He has not briefed the validity of the revocation of his supervised
   release or his revocation sentence and has, therefore, abandoned any
   challenge to them. See United States v. Reagan, 596 F.3d 251, 254-55 (5th Cir.
   2010).
            In his sole issue on appeal, Calvo-Perez 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 reasonable doubt. He has filed an
   unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief explaining that
   he has raised this issue only to preserve it for further review and conceding
   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).
   Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v.
   Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Calvo-Perez’s motion is
   GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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