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Date Created: 2023-11-28 01:00:36.790603+00
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Case: 23-50251         Document: 00516979712             Page: 1      Date Filed: 11/27/2023

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

                                       No. 23-50251
                                                                                       FILED
                                                                               November 27, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jose De Jesus Rangel Hernandez,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                               USDC No. 6:22-CR-200-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jose de Jesus Rangel Hernandez appeals his conviction and sentence
   for illegal reentry into the United States after removal. Hernandez argues
   that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is unconstitutional. He acknowledges that his
   argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224
   (1998), but he contends it has been called into doubt by later decisions, and

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   he seeks to preserve the issue for Supreme Court review. He has filed an
   unopposed motion for summary disposition.
          We have 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). Accordingly, Hernandez 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).
          IT IS ORDERED that Hernandez’s motion is GRANTED, and
   the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.

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