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Parties Involved:
Manolo Perez-Lopez
Appellant
United States
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, United States District Judge for the Northern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1339

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United States, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Northern District of Iowa.

Manolo Perez-Lopez, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: November 15, 2007

Filed: November 30, 2007 

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Before MURPHY, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Manolo Perez-Lopez appeals the 18-month prison sentence the district court1

imposed after he pleaded guilty to transporting illegal aliens, in violation of 8 U.S.C.

§ 1324(a)(1)(A)(ii), (B)(i). Counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the sentence is unreasonable.

We disagree. Our review of the record convinces us that the district court did

not abuse its discretion in sentencing Perez-Lopez at the top of the undisputed

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advisory Guidelines imprisonment range, and that in doing so the court properly

considered relevant sentencing factors, including the seriousness of transporting 11

aliens and Perez-Lopez’s repeated illegal entries into the United States. See 18 U.S.C.

§ 3553(a)(1) (nature and circumstances of offense, history and characteristics of

defendant), (2)(A) (need for sentence to reflect seriousness of offense); United States

v. Haack, 403 F.3d 997, 1003-04 (8th Cir. 2005) (discussing reasonableness review).

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

80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to

withdraw, and we affirm.

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