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Case: 23-10182            Document: 91-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/15/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
                                   ____________
                                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 23-10182
                                  Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                  ____________                                March 15, 2024
                                                                               Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Kermit H. Powdrill, II,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 1:06-CR-43-1
                   ______________________________

Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit
Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       Kermit H. Powdrill, II, was sentenced to a total term of imprisonment
of 131 months and a total term of supervised release of five years following
his 2007 guilty plea conviction for possessing marijuana with intent to
distribute, possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, two
counts of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, and receiving a firearm
       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
 Case: 23-10182        Document: 91-1      Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/15/2024

                                  No. 23-10182

while under felony indictment. His term of supervised release was revoked
in 2023. For the first time on appeal, he challenges the constitutionality of
18 U.S.C. § 3583(g), which mandates revocation of supervised release and a
term of imprisonment for any offender who violates specified conditions of
supervised release, including possession of a controlled substance and refusal
to comply with drug testing.
         Relying on United States v. Haymond, 139 S. Ct. 2369 (2019), Powdrill
contends that § 3583(g) is unconstitutional because it requires revocation of
a term of supervised release and imposition of a term of imprisonment
without affording the defendant the constitutionally guaranteed right to a
jury trial. He concedes that his challenge is foreclosed by United States v.
Garner, 969 F.3d 550 (5th Cir. 2020), and only raises the issue to preserve it
for further review. The Government has filed an unopposed motion for
summary affirmance and, alternatively, for an extension of time to file its
brief.
         In Garner, we rejected the argument that Powdrill has advanced and
held that § 3583(g) is not unconstitutional under Haymond. See Garner, 969
F.3d at 551–53. Thus, Powdrill’s sole argument on appeal is foreclosed.
Accordingly, the Government’s motion for summary affirmance is
GRANTED, its alternative motion for extension of time is DENIED, and
the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. See Groendyke Transp.,
Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).

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