
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario Alberto BETANCES-OCHOA, also known as Mario Jorge LeyvaRodriguez, also known as Mario A. Portillo, also known as Mario Alberto Betancias-Ochoa, also known as Mario Ochoa, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 06-50405
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Sept. 8, 2006.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Philip J. Lynch, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
   PER CURIAM:

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     