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Parties Involved:
Mauricio Luna-Aranda
Appellant
United States of America
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. 06-3485

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Mauricio Luna-Aranda, also known as *

Jose Lara-Tapia, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 20, 2007

Filed: November 26, 2007

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Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Mauricio Luna-Aranda appeals the 41-month prison sentence the district court1

imposed upon his guilty plea to illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

See 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a), (b)(2). His counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief

under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that Luna-Aranda’s

sentence is unreasonable because it is greater than necessary to serve the goals of 18

U.S.C. § 3553(a).

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Luna-Aranda pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement that contained a

waiver of his right to appeal the sentence. We will enforce the appeal waiver here.

The record reflects that Luna-Aranda understood and voluntarily accepted the terms

of the plea agreement, including the appeal waiver; the appeal falls within the scope

of the waiver; and we conclude that no injustice would result. See United States v.

Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-90 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (discussing enforceability of

appeal waiver).

Having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,

80 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal beyond the scope of the

waiver. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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