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Parties Involved:
Richard Garza
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge for the

District of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2424

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Richard Garza, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: July 5, 2007

Filed: July 19, 2007

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Before RILEY, MAGILL, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Richard Garza (Garza) appeals the 151-month prison sentence the district court1

imposed after granting the government’s Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b)

motion to reduce Garza’s sentence. Garza’s counsel has moved to withdraw and has

filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing Garza is

dissatisfied with the extent of his sentence reduction. This argument is unavailing.

See United States v. Coppedge, 135 F.3d 598, 599 (8th Cir. 1998) (per curiam)

(concluding a challenge to the extent of a sentence reduction upon the government’s

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Rule 35(b) motion was unreviewable because the appeal was not based on any criteria

listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3742(a)); United States v. Haskins, 479 F.3d 955, 957 (8th Cir.

2007) (per curiam) (explaining the court lacks jurisdiction to consider the

reasonableness of a sentence following a Rule 35(b) reduction; United States v.

Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), did not expand § 3742(a) to include appellate review

of discretionary sentencing reductions). 

 

Having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,

80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. We grant counsel’s motion to withdraw,

and we affirm Garza’s sentence.

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