Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro JIMENEZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-08-06
Citations: 331 F. App'x 421
Docket Number: No. 08-3080
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro JIMENEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge, JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge, and MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 331
Pages: 421–422

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alejandro JIMENEZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-3080.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Submitted July 22, 2009.
Decided Aug. 6, 2009.
John Blakey, Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Alejandro Jimenez, Chicago, IL, pro se.
Before JOHN L. COFFEY, Circuit Judge, JOEL M. FLAUM, Circuit Judge, and MICHAEL S. KANNE, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
ORDER
Alejandro Jimenez pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and was sentenced to 60 months' imprisonment. Jimenez filed a notice of appeal, but his appointed lawyer has moved to withdraw because after review of the record he states he has been unable to discern a nonfrivolous basis for appeal. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). We invited Jimenez to respond to counsel's submission, see Cir. R. 51(b), but he has failed to do so. We limit our review to the issues considered in counsel's supporting brief. See United States v. Schuh, 289 F.3d 968, 973-74 (7th Cir.2002).
Counsel tells us that Jimenez does not want his guilty plea vacated, and so counsel properly omits any discussion of the adequacy of the plea colloquy or the volun-tariness of the plea. See United States v. Knox, 287 F.3d 667, 670-72 (7th Cir.2002).
Counsel identifies just one potential argument: whether Jimenez might challenge the reasonableness of his prison sentence. But because he distributed more than 500 grams of cocaine, Jimenez was subject to a mandatory minimum imprisonment term of 60 months. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B). Aside from two exceptions that do not apply here — 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) and (f) — a district court is not permitted to impose a sentence below the statutory minimum. See United States v. Forman, 553 F.3d 585, 588 (7th Cir.2009). Any challenge to the sentence would be frivolous.
Accordingly, counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED and the appeal is DISMISSED.