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Parties Involved:
Marco Antonio Ceja
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1496

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Marco Antonio Ceja

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis

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 Submitted: November 10, 2015 

Filed: November 17, 2015

[Unpublished] 

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Before SMITH, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Marco Ceja directly appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1

 after he

pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and conspiring to commit

1

The Honorable E. Richard Webber, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

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money laundering. His counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the sentence was

unreasonable. We conclude that Ceja’s appeal waiver should be enforced and that the

waiver prevents consideration of his claim. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702,

704 (8th Cir. 2010) (de novo review of validity and applicability of appeal waiver);

United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-90 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (court should

enforce appeal waiver and dismiss appeal where it falls within scope of waiver, plea

agreement and waiver were entered into knowingly and voluntarily, and no

miscarriage of justice would result). Having independently reviewed the record

pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for

appeal. 

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, and we grant

counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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