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Parties Involved:
Alberto Torres
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. 04-4031

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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.

Alberto Torres, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: January 5, 2006

Filed: January 20, 2006 

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Before MURPHY, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Alberto Torres pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with

intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of

21 U.S.C. § 846. The district court1

 sentenced him to 210 months’ imprisonment and

5 years’ supervised release. Torres did not appeal. The government later filed a

motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) to reduce the sentence.

The district court granted the motion and reduced Torres’s sentence to 120 months’

imprisonment and 5 years’ supervised release.

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On appeal, counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). In pro se submissions, Torres claims ineffective

assistance of counsel, but any such claim should be raised in a motion pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2255. See United States v. Lee, 374 F.3d 637, 654 (8th Cir. 2004), cert.

denied, 125 S. Ct. 2962 (2005). Having reviewed the record independently under

Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and deny

Torres’s request for new appellate counsel. 

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