Court Opinion

ID: 8625444
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-24 13:12:04.199523+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:55:37.439626
License: Public Domain

PER CURIAM: *
Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Joaquin Castillo-Gonzalez raises ar*724guments that are foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 528 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a penalty provision and not a separate criminal offense. See United States v. Pinedas-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir.2007), cert. denied — U.S. -, 128 S.Ct. 872, 169 L.Ed.2d 737 (2008). The appellant’s motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

 Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.