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United States Court of Appeals
                                                                Fifth Circuit
                                                             F I L E D
               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                 October 25, 2006

                                                          Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                  Clerk
                            No. 06-40125
                        Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                    Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JAIME GARCIA-SANCHEZ,

                                    Defendant-Appellant.

                      --------------------
          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                    USDC No. 1:05-CR-830-ALL
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Before JOLLY, DeMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Jaime Garcia-Sanchez appeals his guilty-plea conviction and

60-month sentence for illegally reentering the United States

after having been deported.   Garcia-Sanchez challenges the

constitutionality of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b).   Garcia-Sanchez’s

constitutional challenge is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v.

United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235 (1998).   Although Garcia-Sanchez

contends that Almendarez-Torres was incorrectly decided and that

a majority of the Supreme Court would overrule Almendarez-Torres

in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), we have

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                           No. 06-40125
                                -2-

repeatedly rejected such arguments on the basis that

Almendarez-Torres remains binding.   See United States v.

Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 276 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S.

Ct. 298 (2005).   Garcia-Sanchez properly concedes that his

argument is foreclosed in light of Almendarez-Torres and circuit

precedent, but he raises it here solely to preserve it for

further review.

     AFFIRMED.