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Date Created: 2023-10-17 00:00:30.280264+00
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Case: 23-50045        Document: 00516933020             Page: 1      Date Filed: 10/16/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-50045
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                               October 16, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Mario Astudillo-Herrera,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 5:22-CR-166-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Davis, Willett, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Mario Astudillo-Herrera appeals his conviction and sentence under
   8 U.S.C. § 1326 for illegal entry into the United States after removal. He
   argues for the first time on appeal that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional.
   Astudillo-Herrera has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition
   acknowledging that his argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v.

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-50045     Document: 00516933020          Page: 2   Date Filed: 10/16/2023

                                   No. 23-50045

   United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but he seeks to preserve it for possible
   Supreme Court review.
          This court has held that subsequent Supreme Court decisions such as
   Alleyne v. United States, 570 U.S. 99 (2013), and Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530
   U.S. 466 (2000), did not overrule Almendarez-Torres. See United States v.
   Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019). Thus, Astudillo-Herrera is
   correct that his argument is foreclosed, and summary disposition is
   appropriate. See Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th
   Cir. 1969).
          Astudillo-Herrera’s motion is GRANTED, and the district court’s
   judgment is AFFIRMED.

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