Court Opinion

ID: 9555437
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-12 00:00:19.723401+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:35:17.894745
License: Public Domain

Case: 23-10151         Document: 00516855117             Page: 1      Date Filed: 08/11/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                                United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 23-10151
                                     Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                     ____________                                August 11, 2023
                                                                                  Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Hector Francisco Santos-Flores,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 3:22-CR-75-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit
   Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Hector Francisco Santos-Flores appeals his sentence for illegal
   reentry into the United States after having been removed, in violation of
   8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). He contends that because the indictment did
   not allege and he did not admit as part of his guilty plea that he sustained a
   qualifying conviction prior to his removal, the district court erred in

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10151      Document: 00516855117              Page: 2   Date Filed: 08/11/2023

                                        No. 23-10151

   determining that he was subject to a 10-year maximum sentence under
   § 1326(b).    However, he concedes that this argument is foreclosed by
   Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), and merely raises
   this issue to preserve it for further review. The Government has moved
   without opposition for summary affirmance, or, alternatively, for an
   extension of time to file a brief.
          Because summary affirmance is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp.,
   Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), the Government’s motion
   for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the Government’s alternative
   motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the district
   court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

                                             2