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Date Created: 2023-01-19 19:00:19.302899+00
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Case: 22-50355         Document: 00516616232             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/19/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50355
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                               January 19, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Genaro Osorio-Granados,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:21-CR-971-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Genaro Osorio-Granados appeals his conviction and sentence for
   illegal reentry after removal pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). He
   contends that treating a prior felony or aggravated felony conviction that
   increases the statutory maximum sentence under § 1326(b) as a sentencing
   factor, rather than a separate element of the offense, is unconstitutional. He
   has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief in
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   which he concedes that his claim is foreclosed and asserts that he has raised
   the issue only to preserve it for further review.
          As Osorio-Granados concedes, the sole issue that he raises on appeal
   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); United States v.
   Wallace, 759 F.3d 486, 497 (5th Cir. 2014). Because his position “is clearly
   right as a matter of law so that there can be no substantial question as to the
   outcome of the case,” Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162
   (5th Cir. 1969), summary disposition is proper.
          Therefore, the motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and
   the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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