United States v. Gerardo Morales-Ramirez

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 25-3233 ___________________________ United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Gerardo Morales-Ramirez Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Western ____________ Submitted: April 14, 2026 Filed: April 17, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

Gerardo Morales-Ramirez appeals the sentence imposed by the district court 1 after he pled guilty to being a felon found after illegal reentry. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa. U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

Upon careful review, this court concludes the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Morales-Ramirez. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (standard of review); United States v. Miner, 544 F.3d 930, 932 (8th Cir. 2008) (presuming sentence within United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual range is reasonable). Further, having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), this court finds no non- frivolous issues for appeal.

The judgment is affirmed and counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted. ______________________________

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