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Date Created: 2023-04-19 00:00:20.827829+00
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Case: 22-50875         Document: 00516716178             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/18/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50875
                                  consolidated with                                    FILED
                                      No. 22-50876                                 April 18, 2023
                                    _____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Genaro Perchez-Hernandez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-315-1, 4:19-CR-441-2
                     ______________________________

   Before King, Higginson, and Willett, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Genaro Perchez-Hernandez appeals his conviction and sentence for
   illegal reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2), as
   well as the judgment revoking his term of supervised release for a prior

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50875     Document: 00516716178         Page: 2     Date Filed: 04/18/2023

                                    No. 22-50875
                                  c/w No. 22-50876

   offense. The latter challenge is unbriefed and thus abandoned. See United
   States v. Reagan, 596 F.3d 251, 254–55 (5th Cir. 2010).
          On appeal, Perchez-Hernandez contends that the recidivism
   enhancement in § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it permits a sentence
   above the otherwise applicable 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. Although Perchez-Hernandez acknowledges that
   this argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S.
   224 (1998), he nevertheless seeks to preserve it for possible Supreme Court
   review and has filed an unopposed motion for summary affirmance.
          Because Perchez-Hernandez is correct that his argument is
   foreclosed, see United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553–54 (5th Cir. 2019),
   summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406
   F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969). Accordingly, Perchez-Hernandez’s motion
   is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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