U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2020

United States v. Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio

United States v. Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided March 17, 2020

United States v. Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio

Opinion

Case: 19-50755 Document: 00515347254 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/17/2020

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 19-50755 March 17, 2020 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ALFREDO ESTRADA-EUGENIO, also known as Alfredo Erasto Estrada- Eugenio, Defendant-Appellant _______________________________ Consolidated with 19-50763 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee v. ALFREDO ESTRADA-EUGENIO, also known as Juan Eugenio Medina, also known as Alfredo Estarada, also known as Alfredo Estrada Eugenio, also known as Alfredo Eugenio-Estrada, also known as Alfredo Estrada, also known as Alfredo Erasto Estrada-Eugenio, also known as Gerardo Amezquita, Defendant-Appellant

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 4:19-CR-254-1 USDC No. 4:19-CR-110-1 Case: 19-50755 Document: 00515347254 Page: 2 Date Filed: 03/17/2020

No. 19-50755 c/w No. 19-50763 Before JOLLY, JONES, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: * Alfredo Estrada-Eugenio appeals his within-Guidelines sentence of 52 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release imposed following his guilty plea conviction for illegal reentry after deportation.

Additionally, he appeals the revocation of his supervised release related to a prior conviction for illegal reentry. Estrada-Eugenio argues that the enhancement of his sentence for his new illegal reentry offense pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2), which increased the maximum sentence to 20 years of imprisonment and three years of supervised release, is unconstitutional because of the treatment of the provision as a sentencing factor rather than as an element that must be alleged in the indictment and proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt. He concedes that his argument that a prior conviction must be alleged in the indictment and proved to a jury is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998), but he seeks to preserve the argument for possible Supreme Court review.

Estrada-Eugenio’s argument is indeed foreclosed. United States v. Wallace, 759 F.3d 486, 497 (5th Cir. 2014); United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625–26 (5th Cir. 2007). Estrada-Eugenio has not raised any argument with respect to his revocation proceedings. Any such claim is thus deemed abandoned. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224–25 (5th Cir. 1993).

Accordingly, the Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, the Government’s alternative motion for an extension of time to file a brief is DENIED, and the district court’s judgments are AFFIRMED.

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 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 CIR. R. 47.5.4.

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