Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jilberto Bautista VILLEGAS, a/k/a Laurentoni Baza Martinez, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-24
Citations: 475 F. App'x 855
Docket Number: No. 11-5001
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jilberto Bautista VILLEGAS, a/k/a Laurentoni Baza Martinez, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 475
Pages: 855–856

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jilberto Bautista VILLEGAS, a/k/a Laurentoni Baza Martinez, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-5001.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 22, 2012.
Decided: Aug. 24, 2012.
Norman Butler, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Amy Elizabeth Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Ashe-ville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jilberto Bautista Villegas pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine. On appeal, counsel filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), asserting that there are no meritorious grounds for appeal, but raising the following issue: whether the district court erred under Fed.R.Crim.P. 32 in sentencing Villegas to 120 months of imprisonment. Although informed of.his right to do so, Villegas has not filed a pro se supplemental brief. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
We review Villegas' sentence for reasonableness using an abuse of discretion standard. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). The first step in this review requires us to ensure that the district court committed no significant procedural error. United States v. Evans, 526 F.3d 155, 161 (4th Cir.2008). Procedural errors include improperly calculating the advisory Sentencing Guidelines range, failing to consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2006) sentencing factors, sentencing using clearly erroneous facts, or failing to adequately explain the sentence. Gall, 552 U.S. at 51, 128 S.Ct. 586. Only if we find a sentence procedurally reasonable may we consider its sub stantive reasonableness. United States v. Carter, 564 F.3d 325, 328 (4th Cir.2009).
Here, we discern no basis to conclude that Villegas' within-Guidelines sentence was either procedurally or substantively unreasonable. See United States v. Powell, 650 F.3d 388, 395 (4th Cir.) (noting this court presumes sentence within applicable Guidelines range to be reasonable), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 350, 181 L.Ed.2d 220 (2011). We also note that Villegas avoided a mandatory twenty-year sentence because the Government withdrew its 21 U.S.C. § 851 (2006) notice. Thus, Villegas' challenge to the propriety of his sentence lacks merit.
In accordance with Anders, we have reviewed the record in this case and have found no meritorious issues for appeal. We therefore affirm Villegas' conviction and sentence. This court requires that counsel inform Villegas in writing, of the right to petition the Supreme Court of the United States for further review. If Ville-gas requests that a petition be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous, then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from representation. Counsel's motion must state that a copy thereof was served on Villegas. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.