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Parties Involved:
Luis Antonio Flores-Dominguez
Appellant
United States
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District

of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1717

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Luis Antonio Flores-Dominguez, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 5, 2007

Filed: November 8, 2007

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Before WOLLMAN, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Luis Antonio Flores-Dominguez challenges the 120-month prison sentence the

district court1

 imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute 500 grams

or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine in violation of 21

U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1), and 846. Flores-Dominguez’s counsel has filed a brief

under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the district court should

have had discretion to sentence Flores-Dominguez below the mandatory minimum

notwithstanding his ineligibility for a safety-valve reduction, and that his sentence is

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unreasonable. We conclude that Flores-Dominguez’s sentence is not unreasonable

because 120 months was the statutory minimum. See United States v. Gregg, 451

F.3d 930, 937 (8th Cir. 2006); United States v. Chacon, 330 F.3d 1065, 1066 (8th Cir.

2003). After reviewing the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,

80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, the judgment of the district

court is affirmed. 

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