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Parties Involved:
Ali Abdul-Azez Sofyan
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. 05-3448

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Ali Abdul-Azez Sofyan, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 18, 2006

Filed: October 24, 2006

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Before SMITH, MAGILL, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Ali Abdul-Azez Sofyan appeals the sentence the district court1

 imposed after

granting the government’s Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) motion to reduce

Sofyan’s sentence for his substantial assistance. On appeal, Sofyan’s counsel has

moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), in which counsel makes reference to the extent of the reduction in Sofyan’s

sentence. We have no jurisdiction, however, to review the extent of the district court’s

Rule 35(b) sentencing departure, see United States v. Coppedge, 135 F.3d 598, 599

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(8th Cir. 1998) (per curiam), and upon our independent review under Penson v. Ohio,

488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we dismiss this

appeal, and we grant defense counsel’s motion to withdraw. 

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