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Date Created: 2024-03-22 00:01:20.952516+00
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Case: 23-10991            Document: 40-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/21/2024

           United States Court of Appeals
                for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 23-10991
                                  Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                  ____________                                March 21, 2024
                                                                               Lyle W. Cayce
United States of America,                                                           Clerk

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                          versus

Enrique Martinez-Flores,

                                            Defendant—Appellant.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Northern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 4:23-CR-83-1
                   ______________________________

Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
       Enrique Martinez-Flores appeals his sentence of 36 months of impris-
onment and three years of supervised release following his guilty-plea con-
viction of illegal reentry after deportation in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. He
contends that the district court erred in imposing more than two years in
prison and more than one year of supervised release without an indictment

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10991         Document: 40-1        Page: 2     Date Filed: 03/21/2024

                                   No. 23-10991

alleging, or any jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt, that he had been
convicted of a felony before the removal specified in the indictment.
       As Martinez-Flores correctly concedes, this issue is foreclosed by
Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). See United States v.
Garza-De La Cruz, 16 F.4th 1213, 1213–14 (5th Cir. 2021). He raises the issue
to preserve it for Supreme Court review.
       The government has moved, without opposition, for summary affirm-
ance, or in the alternative, for an extension of time to file a brief on the merits.
Because the issue is foreclosed, summary affirmance is appropriate. See
Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).
       The government’s unopposed motion for summary affirmance is
GRANTED, and the judgment of conviction and sentence is AFFIRMED.
The government’s alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief
is DENIED as moot.

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