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Parties Involved:
Eliseo Espinoza Rios
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Paul A. Magnuson, United States District Judge for the District

of Minnesota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2075

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Minnesota

Eliseo Espinoza Rios, also known as *

Fernando, * [Unpublished]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 22, 2004

Filed: November 8, 2004

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Before RILEY, McMILLIAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Eliseo Espinoza-Rios (Rios) appeals from the final judgment entered in the

United States District Court1

 for the District of Minnesota upon appellant’s plea of

guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 5,000

grams of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), and 846. The

district court granted the government’s motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) and

U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 for a downward departure based on substantial assistance, and

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sentenced Rios below the 120-month statutory minimum to 65 months imprisonment,

plus 5 years supervised release. For reversal, in a brief filed pursuant to Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel argues the district court erred in failing to

grant a more substantial downward departure. Rios’s displeasure with the extent of

the district court’s downward departure, however, is not reviewable. See United

States v. Dutcher, 8 F.3d 11, 12 (8th Cir. 1993). 

We have also reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), and we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. 

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court. We also grant

counsel’s motion to withdraw, and deny the request for substitute counsel.

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