Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Maria Vega MEDINA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-03
Citations: 556 F. App'x 561
Docket Number: No. 13-2807
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Maria Vega MEDINA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BENTON, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 556
Pages: 561–561

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Maria Vega MEDINA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-2807.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 26, 2014.
Filed: March 3, 2014.
Clifford R. Cronk, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Davenport, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
John P. Messina, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Des Moines, IA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Maria Vega Medina, Leavenworth, KS, pro se.
Before BENTON, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jose Vega Medina directly appeals the sentence that the district court imposed after he pled guilty to an immigration offense. Counsel moves to withdraw, and in a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), counsel argues that the sentence is substantively unreasonable.
Upon careful review, this court concludes that the within-Guidelines-range sentence is not substantively unreasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007) (if sentence is within Guidelines range, appellate court may apply presumption of reasonableness); United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir.2009) (en banc) (appellate review of sentencing decision). Pursuant to an independent review of the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), this court finds no nonfrivolous issues. The judgment is affirmed.
Counsel's motion to withdraw is denied without prejudice to counsel refiling the motion upon fulfilling the duties set forth in the Eighth Circuit's 1994 Amendment to Part V of the Plan to Implement the Criminal Justice Act of 1964.
. The Honorable John A. Jarvey, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.