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    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elias RAMIREZ-VELA, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 06-40552
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Dec. 6, 2006.
    James Lee Turner, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for PlaintiffAppellee.
    Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for D efendant-App ellant.
    Before REAVLEY, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Elias Ramirez-Vela raises arguments that are foreclosed by Almendarez-Torres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224, 235, 118 S.Ct. 1219, 140 L.Ed.2d 350 (1998), which held that 8 U.S.C. § 1326(b)(2) is a penalty provision and not a separate criminal offense. The Government’s motion for summary affirmance is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is 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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     