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Parties Involved:
Ramon Humberto Gaspar-Hernandez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Joseph F. Bataillon, Chief Judge, United States District Court

for the District of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-4039

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * District of Nebraska.

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Ramon Humberto Gaspar-Hernandez, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: September 28, 2005 

Filed: September 30, 2005

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Before BYE, McMILLIAN, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Gaspar-Hernandez (Hernandez) appeals the sentence the district court1

 imposed

after he pled guilty to a drug charge. Pursuant to a Federal Rule of Criminal

Procedure 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement, the court sentenced Hernandez to 121 months’

imprisonment and 5 years’ supervised release. Hernandez’s counsel moved to

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

that the district court erred by not granting safety-valve relief and sentencing

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Hernandez to the low end of the resulting Guidelines range of 108-135 months’

imprisonment.

Hernandez, however, cannot challenge the sentence to which he stipulated in

his Rule 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement because he voluntarily exposed himself to a

specific punishment. See United States v. Nguyen, 46 F.3d 781, 783 (8th Cir. 1995)

(stating “defendant who explicitly and voluntarily exposes himself to a specific

sentence may not challenge that punishment on appeal”) (citations omitted).

Further, having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson v. Ohio,

488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we grant

counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm.

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