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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco PEREZ-SOLIS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 09-3325.
    United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
    Submitted March 31, 2010.
    Decided April 30, 2010.
    
      Frank E. Schaffer, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, South Bend, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Robert D. Truitt, Attorney, Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge, ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
   ORDER

Francisco Perez-Solis pleaded guilty to using a telephone to facilitate a drug offense, 21 U.S.C. § 843(b), after he served as a Spanish-English translator during two calls between his roommate and a prospective buyer in which they ai'ranged for the sale of eight kilograms of cocaine. The district court sentenced him to the statutory maximum of 48months’ imprisonment. Id. § 843(d)(1). He appeals, but counsel moves to withdraw because he cannot identify any nonfrivolous arguments to pursue. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Perez-Solis did not respond to counsel’s submission. See CiR. R. 51(b). Considering only the issue presented in counsel’s facially adequate brief, see United States v. Schuh, 289 F.3d 968, 973-74 (7th Cir.2002), we grant the motion to withdraw and dismiss the appeal.

The sole issue identified by counsel is whether Perez-Solis could challenge the reasonableness of his prison sentence, and we agree that any such challenge would be frivolous. The district court properly determined that Perez-Solis’s guidelines range of 97 to 121 months’ imprisonment exceeded the 48-month statutory maximum, and therefore that maximum became the guidelines sentence, see 5 U.S.S.G. § 5Gl.l(a). Because Perez-Solis’s sentence was within the properly calculated guidelines range, we would presume it to be reasonable. See Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 347, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007); United States v. Sawyer, 558 F.3d 705, 714-15 (7th Cir.2009). Furthermore, the district court properly applied the factors enumerated in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). The court acknowledged Perez-Solis’s role as a translator, but highlighted the circumstances of the offense, which included a substantial quantity of drugs and Perez-Solis’s instrumental participation in the sales. The court also considered Perez-Solis’s personal characteristics, noting his prior marijuana use and substantial alcohol consumption while on supervised release, as well as his unlawful presence in the United States.

Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the appeal is DISMISSED.