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Date Created: 2023-04-01 00:00:40.696282+00
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Case: 22-50968        Document: 00516697129             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/31/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit

                                      No. 22-50968
                                                                                       FILED
                                                                                 March 31, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar
                                    ____________                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                          Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Osvaldo Castelan-Saucedo,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:22-CR-457-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Smith, Southwick, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Osvaldo Castelan-Saucedo appeals his sentence for illegal reentry
   under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2), maintaining that § 1326(b) is unconsti-
   tutional because it permits a sentence above the otherwise-applicable statu-
   tory maximum based on facts not charged or proved beyond a reasonable
   doubt. Castelan-Saucedo has filed an unopposed motion for summary
   affirmance, conceding that his argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres
         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), and explaining that he seeks only to
   preserve it for further review.
          Because Castelan-Saucedo is correct that his argument is foreclosed,
   see United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553–54 (5th Cir. 2019), summary
   affirmance is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158,
   1162 (5th Cir. 1969). Accordingly, the motion is GRANTED, and the
   judgment is AFFIRMED.

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