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Parties Involved:
Jorge Magana-Suarez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Ronald E. Longstaff, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the Southern District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-1562

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Southern District of Iowa.

Jorge Magana-Suarez, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 20, 2006

Filed: March 20, 2006

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Before MELLOY, FAGG, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Jorge Magana-Suarez (Magana) appeals the 30-month sentence the district

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 imposed upon his guilty plea to illegal re-entry after deportation in violation of

8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). Magana’s counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), questioning the reasonableness of the

sentence (which was at the top of the advisory Sentencing Guidelines range) in light

of Magana’s cultural assimilation.

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We conclude the sentence is not unreasonable. See United States v. Haack, 403

F.3d 997, 1004 (8th Cir.) (standard of review), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 276 (2005).

The district court calculated the Guidelines imprisonment range and took that range

into account, along with other 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and Magana’s culturalassimilation argument, in determining the sentence. See United States v. Booker, 543

U.S. 220, 260-62 (2005) (§ 3553(a) factors will guide reasonableness review). 

Having reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we

find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and

we affirm.

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