
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Johnny Gerardo CASTRO-PADILLA, also known as Carlos Gerardo Alvarado-Rivera, also known as Carlos Gerardo, also known as Alex Montenegro, also known as Carlos Gerardo Alvarado, also known as Johny Castro-Padilla, also known as Joni Gerardo Castro, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 07-50937
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    March 5, 2008.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Henry Joseph Bemporad, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before KING, STEWART, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Johnny Gerardo Castro-Padilla 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. United States v. Pineda-Arrellano, 492 F.3d 624, 625 (5th Cir.2007), cert. denied, -U.S.-, 128 S.Ct. 872, 169 L.Ed.2d 737 (2008). 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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     