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Parties Involved:
Tong Thanh Robert Nguyen
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. 04-4113

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the District

v. * of Nebraska.

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Tong Thanh Robert Nguyen, * [UNPUBLISHED]

also known as Robert Nguyen, *

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 4, 2005

Filed: October 10, 2005

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Before ARNOLD, FAGG, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Tong Thanh Robert Nguyen pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and

possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, in violation of 21

U.S.C. § 846, and the district court*

 sentenced him to 135 months in prison and 5

years of supervised release. On appeal, Nguyen argues the district court should have

departed downward under U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3 because the seriousness of his criminal

history was overstated, and he should be resentenced under United States v. Booker,

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125 S. Ct. 738 (2005), because the district court treated the Guidelines as mandatory

at his pre-Booker sentencing.

As to the first issue, Nguyen cannot challenge his 135-month prison sentence

because he specifically agreed to it in his plea agreement. See United States v.

Reyes-Contreras, 349 F.3d 524, 525 (8th Cir. 2003) (per curiam); United States v.

Nguyen, 46 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1995). As to the second issue, Nguyen did not

raise a Sixth Amendment objection below, and he cannot demonstrate a reasonable

probability the district court would have imposed a lower sentence under advisory

Guidelines. See United States v. Pirani, 406 F.3d 543, 552-53 (8th Cir. 2005) (en

banc), petition for cert. filed, __ U.S.L.W. __ (U.S. July 27, 2005) (No. 05-5547).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

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