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Parties Involved:
Fernando Rios-Serna
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. 05-2235

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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.

Fernando Rios-Serna, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: January 5, 2006

Filed: January 11, 2006 

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Before MELLOY, HANSEN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Fernando Rios-Serna pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with

intent to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C.

§ 846. The district court1

 sentenced him at the bottom of the advisory Guidelines

range to 108 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. On appeal, his

counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S.

738 (1967). For the reasons discussed below, we grant counsel’s motion and affirm.

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Counsel argues that the sentence imposed is unreasonable under the standard

of review announced in United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005). However, a

sentence within the advisory Guidelines range is presumptively reasonable, and we

conclude that Rios-Serna has not satisfied his burden to rebut that presumption of

reasonableness. See United States v. Lincoln, 413 F.3d 716, 717-18 (8th Cir. 2005),

cert. denied, 2005 WL 3067440 (U.S. Dec. 12, 2005) (No. 05-7506).

After reviewing the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75

(1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant

counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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