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Case: 23-50795            Document: 43-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/21/2024

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

                                                                                      FILED
                                    No. 23-50795                                   March 21, 2024
                                  Summary Calendar
                                  ____________                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                        Clerk
United States of America,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Enrique Javier Gonzalez-Dominguez,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                            USDC No. 4:23-CR-277-1
                   ______________________________

Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
       Enrique Gonzalez-Dominguez appeals his conviction and sentence for
illegal reentry after removal. He avers that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is unconstitu-
tional because it allows 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.

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50795        Document: 43-1       Page: 2    Date Filed: 03/21/2024

                                  No. 23-50795

       Gonzalez-Dominguez has filed an unopposed motion for summary
disposition and a letter brief correctly conceding that the only issue he raises
is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). See
United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553–54 (5th Cir. 2019). He explains that
he has raised the issue to preserve it for possible further review.
       Accordingly, because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groen-
dyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), the motion is
GRANTED, and the judgment is AFFIRMED.

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