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Parties Involved:
Rigoberto Salas-Castro
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the Western District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1146

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the 

v. * Western District of Arkansas.

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* [UNPUBLISHED]

Rigoberto Salas-Castro, *

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 13, 2007

Filed: November 15, 2007

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Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Rigoberto Salas-Castro appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1

 after

he pleaded guilty to an immigration charge, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and

(b)(2), 6 U.S.C. § 202(3) and (4), and 6 U.S.C. § 557. Salas-Castro’s counsel has filed

a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and moves to withdraw. For

reversal, he argues that Salas-Castro’s sentence, which was imposed at the bottom of

the uncontested Guidelines range, is unreasonable.

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We review Salas-Castro’s sentence for reasonableness, and given that it falls

within the advisory Guidelines range, it is presumptively reasonable. See Rita v.

United States, 127 S. Ct. 2456, 2462 (2007) (discussing presumption). We see no

basis in the record for concluding that Salas-Castro’s sentence is unreasonable, see

United States v. Haack, 403 F.3d 997, 1003-04 (8th Cir. 2005) (factors); and further,

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

we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm, and we

grant counsel leave to withdraw.

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