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Parties Involved:
Martin Missael Puerta-Navarro
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 19-2373

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Martin Missael Puerta-Navarro, also known as Martin Navarro-Puerta

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City

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 Submitted: April 15, 2020

Filed: April 20, 2020

[Unpublished]

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Before BENTON, WOLLMAN, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Martin Missael Puerta-Navarro pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement

containing an appeal waiver, to drug and money laundering charges. He appeals the

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below-Guidelines sentence the district court1

 imposed. Having jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291, this court dismisses the appeal based on the appeal waiver.

Counsel has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders

v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), acknowledging the appeal waiver, but challenging

the sentence as substantively unreasonable. This court concludes that the appeal

waiver is enforceable, because counsel’s argument falls within the scope of the appeal

waiver. The record shows that Puerta-Navarro entered into the plea agreement and

the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, and no miscarriage of justice would

result from enforcing the waiver. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th

Cir. 2010) (de novo review); United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir.

2003) (en banc) (appeal waiver will be enforced if appeal falls within scope of

waiver, defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered into waiver and plea agreement,

and enforcing waiver would not result in miscarriage of justice). 

This court has reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), and has found no non-frivolous issues outside the scope of the appeal

waiver. 

The appeal is dismissed, and counsel’s request to withdraw is granted.

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1The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

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