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Date Created: 2023-07-08 00:01:10.571094+00
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Case: 23-50094       Document: 00516813730             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/07/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                   _____________
                                                                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                      Fifth Circuit
                                    No. 23-50094
                                consolidated with                                   FILED
                                    No. 23-50097                                 July 7, 2023
                                  Summary Calendar                             Lyle W. Cayce
                                  _____________                                     Clerk

   United States of America,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                           versus

   Mario Rolando Cadenas,

                                             Defendant—Appellant.
                    ______________________________

                    Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Western District of Texas
                            USDC Nos. 4:22-CR-681-1,
                                  4:19-CR-657-1
                    ______________________________

   Before Jones, Southwick, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Mario Rolando Cadenas appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal
   reentry after removal, as well as the order revoking the term of supervised

          _____________________
          *
              Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion
   should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set
   forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
Case: 23-50094      Document: 00516813730          Page: 2     Date Filed: 07/07/2023

                                     No. 23-50094
                                   c/w No. 23-50097

   release he was serving at the time of the offense. Regarding the illegal reentry
   offense, he argues that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it
   allows a sentence above the otherwise applicable statutory maximum
   established by § 1326(a) based on facts that are neither alleged in the
   indictment nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. Because Cadenas
   does not address the revocation or the revocation sentence, he has abandoned
   any challenge to them. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.
   1993).
            Cadenas has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition and
   a letter brief correctly conceding that the only issue he raises 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). He explains that he has raised
   the issue to preserve it for possible further review. Accordingly, because
   summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis,
   406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Cadenas’s motion is GRANTED, and
   the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

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