United States v. Marcos Gonzalez

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States v. Marcos Gonzalez

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-1420 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Marcos Antonio Chavez Gonzalez

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________

Submitted: September 5, 2019 Filed: September 9, 2019 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, GRUENDER, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. Marcos Gonzalez appeals after he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the United States and the district court1 sentenced him to a prison term below the calculated Guidelines range.

We conclude that the district court imposed a substantively reasonable sentence. Gonzalez was sentenced below the calculated Guidelines range and there is no indication that the court overlooked a relevant factor, gave significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing appropriate factors. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461–62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (discussing substantive reasonableness); see also United States v. McCauley, 715 F.3d 1119, 1127 (8th Cir. 2013) (where district court has varied below Guidelines range, it is “nearly inconceivable” that court abused its discretion in not varying downward still further). Having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant counsel permission to withdraw. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.

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Unpublished