Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-17 00:00:27.820022+00
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Case: 22-50905         Document: 00516679248             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/16/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50905
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                                March 16, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Ediberto Gomez-Izazaga,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:22-CR-359-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Davis, Smith, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Ediberto Gomez-Izazaga appeals his sentence for illegal reentry in
   violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). In his sole issue on appeal, Gomez-
   Izazaga argues that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it permits a
   sentence above the otherwise-applicable statutory maximum based on facts
   that are neither alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-50905

   reasonable doubt.     He has filed an unopposed motion for summary
   disposition and a letter brief explaining that he has raised this issue only to
   preserve it for further review and conceding correctly that his argument 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). Because
   summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406
   F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Gomez-Izazaga’s motion is GRANTED,
   and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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