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Parties Involved:
Sigifredo Ramirez
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. 05-4127

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Sigifredo Ramirez, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 15, 2006

Filed: November 27, 2006

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Before SMITH, MAGILL, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Sigifredo Ramirez appeals the sentence the district court1

 imposed after he

pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute

methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Ramirez argues the sentence is

unreasonable, contending that the court--after granting a safety-valve reduction-- gave

“no clear reason” for sentencing him at the midpoint rather than the bottom of the

Guidelines imprisonment range.

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The record reflects that the district court considered appropriate sentencing

factors, and we conclude the sentence is not unreasonable. See United States v. Long

Soldier, 431 F.3d 1120, 1123 (8th Cir. 2005); United States v. Tobacco, 428 F.3d

1148, 1151 (8th Cir. 2005); United States v. Lincoln, 413 F.3d 716, 717-18 (8th Cir.),

cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 840 (2005). 

Accordingly, we affirm.

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