
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Trinidad RAMIREZ-ROJAS, also known as Trinidad Ramirez-Rojas, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 07-51481
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Oct. 8, 2008.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Ricardo E. Calderon, Law Offices of Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before JOLLY, BARKSDALE, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     