Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cruz Roberto ALANIZ, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-11-04
Citations: 79 F. App'x 950
Docket Number: No. 03-1476
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cruz Roberto ALANIZ, Appellant.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 79
Pages: 950–951

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cruz Roberto ALANIZ, Appellant.
No. 03-1476.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 28, 2003.
Decided Nov. 4, 2003.
Lynnett M. Wagner, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lincoln, NE, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Cruz Roberto Alaniz, pro se, Beaumont, TX, for Defendanb-Appellant.
Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Cruz Roberto Alaniz challenges the sentence the district court imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The district court sentenced him to 121 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release. On appeal, Mr. Alaniz's counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the district court erred in assessing criminal history points for a sentence arising from an "expunged" Texas conviction.
After careful review, we find the district court's decision to assess criminal history points for the Texas sentence was consistent with the Guidelines. Under both the terms of the Texas discharge order and Texas law, the discharge was not an ex-pungement, and the discharge order indicates that the Texas conviction was set aside for reasons unrelated to Alaniz's factual or legal innocence. See U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2, comment, (n.10); Cuellar v. Texas, 70 S.W.3d 815, 818 (Tex.Crim.App. 2002).
Following our independent review of the record, see Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no other nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. We also grant counsel's motion to withdraw.
. The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.