
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose LARA-RAMOS, also known as Jose Antonio Lara Ramos, also known as Jose Alberto Lara-Ramos, also known as Jose Antonio Lara-Ramos, also known as Jose Antonio Ramos, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 07-20319
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Aug. 8, 2007.
    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 Defendant-Appellant.
    Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Appealing the Judgment in a Criminal Case, Jose Lara-Ramos 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 appellant’s motion for summary disposition 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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
     