Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2016-08-16 17:04:58.018747+00
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Case: 15-11286      Document: 00513638945         Page: 1    Date Filed: 08/16/2016

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals

                                    No. 15-11286
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit

                                                                                FILED
                                 Conference Calendar                      August 16, 2016
                                                                           Lyle W. Cayce
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                                       Clerk

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

AMILCAR YOVANI-CARRERA,

                                                 Defendant-Appellant

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 3:15-CR-269-1

Before REAVLEY, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Amilcar Yovani-Carrera
raises an argument that is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States,
523 U.S. 224, 228, 235 (1998), which held that convictions used to enhance a
sentence under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) need not be set forth in the indictment.
Accordingly, the motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the alternative

       * Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.
    Case: 15-11286   Document: 00513638945     Page: 2   Date Filed: 08/16/2016

                                No. 15-11286

motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the judgment of
the district court is AFFIRMED.

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