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Date Created: 2023-06-14 18:00:36.688607+00
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Case: 22-20625         Document: 00516786552             Page: 1      Date Filed: 06/14/2023

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

                                      ____________                                     FILED
                                                                                   June 14, 2023
                                       No. 22-20625                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                     Summary Calendar                                  Clerk
                                     ____________

   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Juan Antonio Hernandez-Lopez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:21-CR-440-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Juan Antonio Hernandez-Lopez appeals his conviction for illegal
   reentry into the United States after having been removed, in violation of 8
   U.S.C. § 1326. He contends that § 1326 violates the Fifth Amendment’s
   equal protection principles. Hernandez-Lopez concedes that this argument
   is foreclosed by our recent decision in United States v. Barcenas-Rumualdo, 53

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-20625      Document: 00516786552           Page: 2     Date Filed: 06/14/2023

                                     No. 22-20625

   F.4th 859, 862 (5th Cir. 2022), 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.

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