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Parties Involved:
Rashawn Chambers
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. 05-1213

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Rashawn Chambers, *

also known as Red, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellant. *

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Submitted: October 6, 2005

Filed: October 20, 2005

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Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Rashawn Chambers pleaded guilty under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure

11(c)(1)(C) to conspiring to distribute 50 grams or more of cocaine base, in violation

of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and the district court1

 sentenced him to 120 months in prison and

5 years of supervised release. On appeal, his counsel has moved to withdraw and filed

a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967).

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Counsel’s sole argument is that the district court should have sentenced

Chambers to less than 120 months in prison. However, Chambers cannot challenge

this sentence because he expressly agreed to it as part of his plea agreement. See

United States v. Reyes-Contreras, 349 F.3d 524, 525 (8th Cir. 2003) (per curiam);

United States v. Nguyen, 46 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1995). Moreover, 120 months

in prison is the statutory minimum for the offense. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A)(iii).

Having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), we conclude that there are 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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