United States v. Juan Delgado

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 25-2520 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Juan Aldo Beltran Delgado lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern ____________ Submitted: June 12, 2026 Filed: June 17, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, KELLY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

Juan Delgado appeals the below-Guidelines-range sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to drug and firearm offenses. His counsel has moved The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the sentence as substantively unreasonable.

Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence, as the court properly considered the factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and did not err in weighing the relevant factors. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (reviewing substantive reasonableness under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard; abuse of discretion occurs when court fails to consider relevant factor, gives significant weight to improper or irrelevant factor, or commits clear error of judgment in weighing appropriate factors); see also United States v. McSmith, 968 F.3d 731, 737 (8th Cir. 2020) (disagreement with how district court weighed factors does not demonstrate abuse of discretion).

We have independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw, and affirm. ______________________________

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