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Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:08:34.826271+00
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Case: 23-10032        Document: 00516869928             Page: 1      Date Filed: 08/23/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-10032
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                                August 23, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Jacobo Fuentes-Salgado,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 3:22-CR-241-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Jolly, Higginson, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Jacobo Fuentes-Salgado appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry into the United States after a previous removal under 8 U.S.C.
   § 1326(a) and (b)(1). Fuentes-Salgado argues that treating a prior felony or
   aggravated felony conviction that increases the statutory maximum under
   § 1326(b) as a sentencing factor, rather than a separate element of the

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10032      Document: 00516869928          Page: 2    Date Filed: 08/23/2023

                                    No. 23-10032

   offense, violates the Constitution. While Fuentes-Salgado’s 21-month term
   of imprisonment was within the otherwise applicable statutory maximum in
   § 1326(a), he complains that his three-year term of supervised release
   exceeds the one-year statutory maximum that applies without a § 1326(b)
   enhancement. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559(a), 3583(b). However, Fuentes-
   Salgado concedes that this argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v.
   United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), and merely raises this issue to preserve it
   for further review. The Government has moved without opposition for
   summary affirmance, or, alternatively, for an extension of time to file a brief.
          Because Fuentes-Salgado is correct that his argument is foreclosed,
   see United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019), summary
   affirmance is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158,
   1162 (5th Cir. 1969). The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is
   GRANTED, the Government’s alternative motion for an extension of time
   to file a brief is DENIED, and the district court’s judgment is
   AFFIRMED.

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