
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ricardo Alejandro VIDALES-RODRIGUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 06-51206
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    March 7, 2007.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Andre C. Poissant, El Paso, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    
      Before KING, WIENER, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Ricardo Alejandro Vidales-Rodriguez 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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     