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Parties Involved:
Manuel DeJesus Ocampo-Discua
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Dean Whipple, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

the Western District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2156

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Western District of Missouri.

Manuel DeJesus Ocampo-Discua, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 22, 2006

Filed: April 5, 2006

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Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

After a bench trial, the district court1

 found Manuel DeJesus Ocampo-Discua

guilty of illegally reentering the United States after deportation, in violation of 8

U.S.C. § 1326(a), and sentenced him to 24 months in prison and a year of supervised

release. This represented an upward departure under United States v. Booker, 543

U.S. 220 (2005), from the advisory Guidelines imprisonment range of 4-10 months.

On appeal, Ocampo-Discua’s counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under

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

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We conclude that the sentence is not unreasonable. See United States v. Dalton,

404 F.3d 1029, 1032 (8th Cir. 2005) (standard of review). The district court relied on

the numerous times that Ocampo-Discua had previously been deported, as well as

certain aspects of his criminal history, factors which were appropriate for the district

court to consider under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1)-(2) and which justify the upward

departure.

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

(1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the

judgment of the district court, and we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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