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Parties Involved:
United States of America
Appellee
Santiago Villagomez-Lopez
Appellant

Document Text:

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 The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern

District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2270

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Southern District of Iowa.

Santiago Villagomez-Lopez, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. * 

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Submitted: January 18, 2005

Filed: January 19, 2005

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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Santiago Villagomez-Lopez appeals from the final judgment entered by the

district court1

 upon his guilty plea to an illegal-reentry charge, in violation of 8 U.S.C.

§ 1326(a). On appeal, his counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the district court did not

exercise discretion in denying a downward departure for overrepresentation of

criminal history. Having reviewed the record, we conclude that the district judge

recognized that he had the authority to depart, properly based his decision on the facts

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of the case, and made a discretionary decision based on those facts. Having found no

other nonfrivolous issues after reviewing the record independently under Penson v.

Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we affirm. We also grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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