Case Information
*1 Case: 21-50988 Document: 00516275076 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/11/2022
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED April 11, 2022 No. 21-50988 Lyle W. Cayce Summary Calendar Clerk United States of America,
Plaintiff — Appellee , versus
Aron Esteban Ruiz-Alvarez,
Defendant — Appellant . Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 4:21-CR-406-1 Before Higginbotham, Higginson, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
Aron Esteban Ruiz-Alvarez appeals his conviction for illegal reentry into the United States and his sentence of 37 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release. He argues that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it permits the increase of a sentence beyond the *2 Case: 21-50988 Document: 00516275076 Page: 2 Date Filed: 04/11/2022
No. 21-50988 otherwise-applicable statutory maximum based on facts that are neither charged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. He concedes that this issue is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States , 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but he seeks to preserve the issue for future review and has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition.
As Ruiz-Alvarez concedes, the issue he raises is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres . See United States v. Pervis , 937 F.3d 546, 553-54 (5th Cir. 2019). Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis , 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Ruiz- Alvarez’s motion for summary disposition is GRANTED , and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED .
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[*] Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Circuit Rule 47.5.4.