Case: 23-50535 Document: 00517003747 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/15/2023

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ____________ United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 23-50535 Summary Calendar FILED ____________ December 15, 2023 Lyle W. Cayce United States of America, Clerk Plaintiff—Appellee, versus Efrain Rodriguez-Perez, Defendant—Appellant. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 1:23-CR-41-1 ______________________________ Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: * Efrain Rodriguez-Perez appeals his conviction and sentence for illegal reentry after removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b). In his sole issue on appeal, Rodriguez-Perez contends that § 1326(b) is unconstitutional because it allows a sentence above the otherwise applicable statutory maximum based on facts that are neither alleged in the indictment nor found by a jury beyond _____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

Case: 23-50535 Document: 00517003747 Page: 2 Date Filed: 12/15/2023

No. 23-50535

a reasonable doubt. He has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition and a letter brief explaining that he has raised this issue only to preserve it for further review and conceding correctly that this issue 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). Because summary disposition is appropriate, see Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158, 1162 (5th Cir. 1969), Rodriguez-Perez’s motion is GRANTED, and the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED.