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Date Created: 2024-03-27 18:00:47.926025+00
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Case: 23-50554            Document: 52-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/27/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
                                  _____________
                                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Fifth Circuit
                                   No. 23-50554
                               consolidated with                                    FILED
                                   No. 23-50555                               March 27, 2024
                                 _____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                    Clerk
United States of America,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Darlin Antonio Munoz-Perdomo,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                  Appeals from the United States District Court
                       for the Western District of Texas
                   USDC Nos. 4:23-CR-80-1, 4:19-CR-205-1
                  ______________________________

Before Davis, Willett, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       Darlin Antonio Munoz-Perdomo appeals his conviction and 46-month
sentence for illegal reentry after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a)
and (b)(1), as well as the revocation of the term of supervised release he was
serving at the time of the offense.                  He argues that § 1326(b) is
unconstitutional because it allows a sentence above the otherwise applicable

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50554        Document: 52-1       Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/27/2024

                                  No. 23-50554
                                c/w No. 23-50555

statutory maximum established by § 1326(a) based on facts that are neither
alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
Because Munoz-Perdomo does not address the revocation or the revocation
sentence, he has abandoned any challenge to them. See Yohey v. Collins, 985
F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).
       With respect to his new illegal-reentry conviction, Munoz-Perdomo
has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief
correctly conceding that the only issue he raises 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). He explains that he has raised the issue to
preserve it for possible further review. Accordingly, because summary
disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158,
1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Munoz-Perdomo’s motion is GRANTED, and the
district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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