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Parties Involved:
Ricardo Martinez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-1055

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Ricardo Martinez

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport

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 Submitted: July 21, 2015

Filed: July 24, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Ricardo Martinez appeals from the sentence the District Court imposed in 1

accordance with the terms of his plea agreement, which also included an appeal

The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the

1

Southern District of Iowa.

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waiver. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under

Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the reasonableness of

Martinez’s sentence. Martinez has filed a pro se brief raising ineffective-assistance

claims and suggesting that the District Court committed sentencing errors.

We decline to consider Martinez’s ineffective-assistance claims on direct

appeal. See United States v. Woods, 717 F.3d 654, 657 (8th Cir. 2013) (explaining

that claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are usually best litigated in collateral

proceedings). As to the remaining issues, we enforce the appeal waiver. See United

States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889–92 (8th Cir.) (en banc) (discussing enforcement

of appeal waivers), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 997 (2003). In addition, we have

independently reviewed the record, see Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), and

have found no non-frivolousissuesfor appeal outside the scope of the appeal waiver. 

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal and grant counsel’s motion for leave to

withdraw.

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