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___________ N Y G A A R D , C i r cui tJ udge. J onathon C abal l er o appea l s the D i s tr i ctC our t ’ s j udgm entof convi ct i on and s ent ence . C ouns el forC abal l er o has fi l ed a br i ef, pur s uantt o A nders v. Stat e of2

C a lif o rn ia , 386 U . S. 738 ( 1967) , cl ai m i ng thatthi s appea l pr es ent s no non- fr i vol ous i ssues, and seeki ng perm i ssi on t o w i thd raw as coun sel i n thi s case. C aball ero al so s ubm i t t ed a pr o s e l ett erbr i ef. Forthe r eas ons thatfol l ow w e w i l l aff i r m the D i s tr i ct C o u rt’s ju d g m e n t o f

c o n v ictio n a n d se n ten c e , an d w e w ill g ra n t co u n se l’s m o tio n to w ith d ra w . O n Sept ember2, 2008, C abal l er o pl eade d gui l tyt o att empt ed r obbery , i n vi ol at i on of 18 U . S. C . § 2113( a) , and t o pos s es s i ng, br andi s hi ng, and di s char gi ng a fi r earm dur i ng a c ri m e o f v iolen ce , in v iolati o n o f 1 8 U . S . C . § § 9 2 4 (c)(1)(A )(i )-( ii i) . T h e D istri ct C o u rt s ent ence d C abal l er o t o a t ot al of 177 m onths of i m pr i s onm ent : 57 m onths forthe a tte m p te d ro b b e ry c h a rg e , a n d a c o n s e c u tiv e te rm o f 1 2 0 m o n th s f

o r t h e f ir e a rm c h a rg e . F in a lly, th e D is tr ic t C o u rt f in e d C a b a lle ro $ 1 ,5 0 0 a n d a s s e s s e d h im $ 2 0 0 . O urexami nat i on of an A nd ers b rie f f o c u se s u p o n w h e th e r c o u n se l h a s b o th th o ro u g h lysc ru tin ize d th e re c o rd f o r iss u e s th a t co u ld b e a p p e a led , an d p ro p e rly expl ai ned w hyal l s uch i s s ues ar e w hol l yfr i vol ous . W e al s o r evi ew the r ecor d our s el ves to m a k e a n in d e p e n d e n t e v a lu a tio n . U n itedS ta tes v . Y

o u la , 2 4 1 F . 3 d 2 9 6 , 3 0 0 (3d C ir . 2 0 0 1 ). O n a p p e a l, co u n se l n o tes th a t C a b a llero c h a llen g e s th e re a so n a b len e ss o f h is s ent ence . Y et , as couns el s t at es , the r ecor d m akes cl earthatthe D i s tr i ctC our tcons i der ed th e p le a a g re e m e n t, th e p re s e n te n c e re p o rt , a n d th e f a c to rs e n u m e ra te d in 1 8 U .S .C . § 3 5 5 3 ( a ) . P u r s u a n tt o th e j o i n ts t i p u l a t i o n o f th e p a r t i e s , th e D i s tr i c tC o u r td i d n o ta p p l y a3

fi ve- l evel w eapon e nhance m ent , r es ul t i ng i n a t ot al offe ns e l evel of ni net een r atherthan tw enty - four . T hi s w as done t o avoi d a s ent enci ng di s par i tyamong t he def endant s , w hi ch w as an uni nt ended r es ul tof C abal l er o’ s pl ea t o att empt ed r obbery . M or eover , the D i s tr i ct C our tvar i ed fr om the gui del i nes due t o C abal l er o’ s cooper at i on and hi s acc ept ance of r es pons i bi l i tyforthe cr i m e. T he D i s tr i ctC our ts ent ence d hi m t o 57 m onths , the l ow end of the gui del i ne r ange a ft erthe var i ance , forthe att empt ed r obberychar ge and 120 m onths , the mandat orym i ni m um , forthe fi r earm vi ol at i on. W e conc l ude thatthe D i s tr i ct C o u rt p ro p e rlyc a lcu late d th e se n ten c e s. F in a lly , the D istric t C o u rt o rd e re d C a b a llero to p a y$ 1 ,7 0 0 , w h ich in c lu d e d a $ 1 ,5 0 0 f in e th a t w a s b e lo w th e g u id e lin e ra n g e . F ro m th is re c o rd , w e a g re e w ith c o u n s e l th a t th e D is tr ic t C o u rt w a s re a s o n a b le . C o u n se l n e x t ad d re ss e d C a b a llero ’s c o n ten tio n th a t, by se n d in g h im b a c k to sta te pr i s on t o compl et e pr evi ous s ent ence s , the fe der al pr i s on r el i nqui s hed j ur i s di ct i on over hi m . C abal l er o does notchal l enge the j udgm entors ent ence agai ns thi m her e, butr ather asse rt s im p rop er a d m inistrati o n o f th e se n tenc e. A s a re su lt , w e a g ree w ith C ab all ero ’s c o u n s e l th a t th e is s u e is im p ro p e rl yra is e d in th is d ir e c t a p p e a l. Fi nal l y , aft ercouns el fi l ed the A nd ers b ri e f , C a b a lle ro f

ile d a p ro s e le tte r b ri e f. C abal l er o appea r s t o t ake i s s ue w i th the 120- m onth s ent ence beca us e he di d notdi s char ge th e f ire a rm d u rin g th e c rim e . R a th e r, itw a s a n a c c o m p lice w h o sh o t th e g u n . W h ile th is i s s ue i s es s ent i al l ya r ei t er at i on of C abal l er o’ s fai rnes s ar gum ent s al r eadyart i cul at ed by c o u n s e l , o u to f

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T he r ecor d s how s thatthe D i s tr i ctC our texpl ai ned, and C abal l er o acknow l edged, hi s cr i m i nal l i abi l i tyforthe di s char ge of a fi r earm i n fur ther ance of a c r i m e of vi ol ence , even though an ac compl i ce s hotthe gun. M or eover , C abal l er o admi t t ed t o carry i ng a fi r earm , and di d notobj ectt o t he pr os ecut or ’ s r eci t at i on of fa ct s , w hi ch i ncl uded a s ta te m e n t th a t C a b a lle ro p o in te d a g u n to th e h e a d o f a b a n k te lle r a n d d e m a n d e d m o n e y . Fi nal l y , the D i s tr i ctC our tpl ai nl ys t at ed t o C abal l er o, m or e than once , thathi s pl ea of gui l tyt o di s char gi ng a fi r earm dur i ng a cr i m e of vi ol ence carr i ed a mandat oryt erm of no l es s than t en y ear s of i m pr i s onm ent . T o the ext entthatC abal l er o i s as s ert i ng thatthe 120- m onth s ent ence i s unr eas onabl e, orthathe w as unaw ar e of the cons equenc es of hi s pl ea, w e c o n c lu d e in lig h t o f

th e re c o rd th a t s u c h c la im s a re c o m p le te ly u n s u p p o rt e d . A ft er our r eview of co un sel ’s bri ef, C aball ero’ s pro se br i ef, and ouri ndepende nt e x a m in a tio n o f

th e e n tire r e c o rd w e c o n c lu d e th a t th e re a re n o n o n -f riv o lo u s a p p e a lab le i s s ues i n thi s cas e. A ccor di ngl y , w e w i l l aff i r m the D i s tr i ctC our t ’ s j udgm entof c o n v i c t i o n a n d s e n t e n c e a n d , i n a s e p a r a t e o r d e r , g r a n tc o u n s e l ' s mo t i o n t o wi th d r a w.