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Date Created: 2023-09-12 18:00:39.924848+00
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Case: 23-50195         Document: 00516891816             Page: 1      Date Filed: 09/12/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-50195
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                             September 12, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Victor Manuel Corona-Lopez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:22-CR-1671-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Victor Corona-Lopez appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). Corona-Lopez contends that
   treating a prior felony conviction that increases the statutory maximum 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 disposi-
   tion and a letter brief conceding, correctly, that this issue is foreclosed by
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50195      Document: 00516891816           Page: 2   Date Filed: 09/12/2023

                                     No. 23-50195

   Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). See United States v.
   Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553–54 (5th Cir. 2019). Corona-Lopez asserts that he
   has raised the issue only to preserve it for possible further review.
          Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), the motion is GRANTED,
   and the judgment is AFFIRMED.

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