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Date Created: 2023-12-13 19:00:37.059151+00
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Case: 23-10631        Document: 00516999773             Page: 1      Date Filed: 12/13/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-10631
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                              December 13, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Jose Salome Gallardo Granados,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 3:19-CR-340-1
                     ______________________________

   Before Jones, Southwick, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Jose Salome Gallardo Granados appeals the 64-month sentence and
   three-year term of supervised release imposed following his guilty plea
   conviction for illegal reentry after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C.
   § 1326(a) and (b)(1). Gallardo Granados argues that application of the
   enhanced penalty range in § 1326(b) violates his due process and Sixth

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10631          Document: 00516999773       Page: 2   Date Filed: 12/13/2023

                                     No. 23-10631

   Amendment constitutional rights because it permits a defendant to be
   sentenced above the statutory maximum of § 1326(a) based on the fact of a
   prior conviction that was not alleged in the indictment, admitted to, or found
   by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. He correctly concedes that his argument
   is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but
   he wishes to preserve it for further review. See United States v. Pervis, 937
   F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019). The Government has moved, without
   opposition, for summary affirmance or, alternatively, for an extension of time
   to file its brief.
           Because the Government’s position “is clearly right as a matter of law
   so that there can be no substantial question as to the outcome of the case,”
   Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969),
   summary affirmance is proper. Accordingly, the Government’s motion for
   summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court
   is AFFIRMED. The Government’s alternative motion for an extension of
   time to file a brief is DENIED AS MOOT.

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