Case: 17-10016 Document: 00514233066 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/10/2017
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
No. 17-10016
Fifth Circuit
FILED
Summary Calendar November 10, 2017
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff−Appellee,
versus
HECTOR ARTURO REA-PONCE,
Defendant−Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
No. 3:16-CR-193-1
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Hector Rea-Ponce raises an
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in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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argument that is foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S.
224, 228, 235 (1998), which held that convictions used to enhance a sentence
under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) need not be set forth in the indictment. Accord-
ingly, the government’s unopposed motion for summary affirmance is
GRANTED, its alternative motion for an extension of time to file its brief is
DENIED as unnecessary, and the judgment is AFFIRMED.
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