U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 2010

United States v. Angel Espinosa-Lozano

United States v. Angel Espinosa-Lozano
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided April 8, 2010 · Riley, Bye, Shepherd
371 F. App'x 706

United States v. Angel Espinosa-Lozano

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Angel Espinosa-Lozano (Espinosa) pled guilty to unlawfully reentering the United States after deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2) and 6 U.S.C. §§ 202(3)-(4), 557. The district court 2 imposed a sentence of 36 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. On appeal, Espinosa’s counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the sentence imposed was greater than necessary to satisfy the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors.

Having carefully reviewed the record, we find no abuse of discretion in the sentence and no indication the district court, in imposing a below-Guidelines-range sentence, overlooked or misapplied any relevant § 3553(a) factor, or gave significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor. See United States v. Stults, 575 F.3d 834, 849 (8th Cir. 2009) (holding a sentence was not unreasonable where the record reflected the district court made an individualized assessment based on the facts presented and specifically addressed the defendant’s proffered information in its consideration of sentencing factors), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 130 S.Ct. 1309, — L.Ed.2d - (2010); United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (listing the factors that constitute an abuse of discretion); cf. United States v. Sicaros-Quintero, 557 F.3d 579, 583 (8th Cir. 2009) (according a presumption of reasonableness on appeal to a sentence at the bottom of the Guidelines range). Finding no nonfrivolous issue for appeal, see Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and we affirm the judgment.

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. The Honorable Patrick J. Schütz, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.

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