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Parties Involved:
Efren Romero Macedonio
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Joan N. Ericksen, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota. 

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 09-1678

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Minnesota.

Efren Romero Macedonio, also known *

as Efren Marcado Romero, also known * [UNPUBLISHED]

as Efren Macedonio Romero, *

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 15, 2010

Filed: March 24, 2010

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Before BYE, RILEY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

In this direct criminal appeal, Efren Romero Macedonio (Macedonio)

challenges the sentence imposed by the district court1

 after he pled guilty to a drug

charge. His counsel filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and

moved to withdraw. 

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Macedonio pled guilty pursuant to a written plea agreement that contained a

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

See United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (deciding

this court should enforce an appeal waiver and dismiss the appeal where the appeal

argument falls within the scope of the waiver, both the plea agreement and the waiver

were entered into knowingly and voluntarily, and no miscarriage of justice would

result). Macedonio’s argument on appeal falls within the scope of the appeal waiver,

the record shows the requisite knowledge and voluntariness, and we see nothing to

suggest a miscarriage of justice would result from enforcing the appeal waiver. See

United States v. Michelsen, 141 F.3d 867, 871-72 (8th Cir. 1998) (concluding an

appeal waiver is enforceable so long as it resulted from a knowing and voluntary

decision; examining the personal characteristics of defendant and the circumstances

surrounding the plea agreement when assessing the knowledge and voluntariness of

the waiver). 

Having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), for any nonfrivolous issues not covered by the waiver, we find none.

We grant counsel leave to withdraw, and we dismiss this appeal. 

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