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Parties Involved:
Alicia Ramirez-Medina
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 16-1418

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Alicia Ramirez-Medina

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City

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 Submitted: November 15, 2016

Filed: November 18, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before SHEPHERD, ARNOLD, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Alicia Ramirez-Medina appeals the sentence that the district court1

 imposed

after she pleaded guilty to a drug offense. Her counsel has moved to withdraw and

1

The Honorable Dean Whipple, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

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filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), asserting that the court

imposed a procedurally flawed and substantively unreasonable sentence. 

Ramirez-Medina pleaded guilty after entering into a written plea agreement

containing an appeal waiver. We conclude that the appeal waiver is enforceable. 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, 890-92 (8th

Cir. 2003) (en banc) (discussing enforcement of appeal waivers). Furthermore, we

have independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988),

and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel’s

motion and dismiss this appeal.

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