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Date Created: 2023-04-06 18:00:46.409384+00
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Case: 22-50985         Document: 00516703504             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/06/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50985
                                  consolidated with                                     FILED
                                      No. 22-50989                                    April 6, 2023
                                    _____________                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                      Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Enrique Lopez-Cristobal,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
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                     Appeals from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                      USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-518-1, 4:22-CR-527-1
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   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Defendant-Appellant Enrique Lopez-Cristobal appeals his sentence
   and challenges as unconstitutional, for his first time on appeal, the district
   court’s application of the enhanced penalty range in § 1326(b). He contends
   that such an application permits a sentence above the statutory maximum of
   § 1326(a) based on a prior conviction that was not alleged in the indictment

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50985        Document: 00516703504              Page: 2       Date Filed: 04/06/2023

                                         No. 22-50985
                                       c/w No. 22-50989

   or found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. He raises that issue to preserve
   it for further review and has filed an unopposed motion for summary
   disposition, conceding that the issue 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). We separately note that, because Defendant-
   Appellant’s brief does not address either his revocation or the revocation
   sentence, he abandons any challenge to that judgment. See Yohey v. Collins,
   985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993). 1
           Defendant-Appellant’s motion for summary disposition is granted.
   The district court’s judgment is affirmed.

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            Defendant-Appellant’s appeal of his sentence imposed following his guilty plea
   conviction for illegal reentry is consolidated here with his appeal of the judgment revoking
   the term of supervised release he was serving at the time of the offense.

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