                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                  Fifth Circuit
                                                               F I L E D
                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                 August 25, 2006

                                                            Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                    Clerk
                              No. 05-41486
                          Conference Calendar



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                      Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

ADOLFO GONZALEZ-RIVAS,

                                      Defendant-Appellant.

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             Appeal from the United States District Court
                  for the Southern District of Texas
                       USDC No. 5:05-CR-772-ALL
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Before DAVIS, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Adolfo Gonzalez-Rivas (Gonzalez) appeals his guilty plea

conviction and 60-month sentence for illegally reentering the

United States after having been deported previously.

     Gonzalez challenges the constitutionality of 8 U.S.C.

§ 1326(b).     Gonzalez’s constitutional challenge is foreclosed by

Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235 (1998).

Although Gonzalez contends that Almendarez-Torres was incorrectly

decided and that a majority of the Supreme Court would overrule


     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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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Almendarez-Torres in light of Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S.

466 (2000), we have repeatedly rejected such arguments on the

basis that Almendarez-Torres remains binding.   See United States

v. Garza-Lopez, 410 F.3d 268, 276 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 126

S. Ct. 298 (2005).   Gonzalez properly concedes that his argument

is foreclosed in light of Almendarez-Torres and circuit

precedent, but he raises it here to preserve it for further

review.

     Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
