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Case: 23-50342        Document: 00517000539             Page: 1      Date Filed: 12/13/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                    _____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                     No. 23-50342
                                 consolidated with                                    FILED
                                     No. 23-50356                             December 13, 2023
                                   Summary Calendar                              Lyle W. Cayce
                                   _____________                                      Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Jose Luis Avalos-Sanchez,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                             USDC Nos. 2:20-CR-254-1,
                                   2:22-CR-682-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Dennis, Elrod, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Jose Luis Avalos-Sanchez appeals his conviction and sentence for
   illegal reentry in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b) as well as the
   judgment revoking his supervised release for a prior offense. He has not

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   briefed, and has therefore abandoned, any challenge to the revocation of
   supervised release or to the revocation sentence. See United States v. Reagan,
   596 F.3d 251, 254-55 (5th Cir. 2010).
          Avalos-Sanchez contends that the enhancement of his illegal-reentry
   sentence pursuant to § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because the fact of a prior
   conviction was not charged and proved beyond a reasonable doubt. He has
   filed a letter brief and an unopposed motion for summary disposition in
   which, explaining that he seeks to preserve the issue for further review, he
   concedes this argument is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States,
   523 U.S. 224 (1998). Because Avalos-Sanchez is correct that his argument is
   foreclosed, see United States v. Pervis, 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019),
   summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406
   F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969).
          Avalos-Sanchez’s motion for summary disposition is GRANTED,
   and the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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