Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-29 16:00:56.360247+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 23-3187
                         ___________________________

                             United States of America

                                       Plaintiff - Appellee

                                         v.

                           Salvador Manjarrez Murillo

                                    Defendant - Appellant
                                  ____________

                     Appeal from United States District Court
                    for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
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                            Submitted: April 24, 2024
                              Filed: April 29, 2024
                                 [Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Salvador Manjarrez Murillo appeals the below-Guidelines-range sentence the
district court1 imposed after he pled guilty to drug offenses. Counsel has moved for
leave to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),

      1
       The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Iowa.
arguing that the sentence is substantively unreasonable because the district court
gave insufficient weight to Murillo’s mitigating history and characteristics. Having
jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

       The district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence. See
United States v. Lozoya, 623 F.3d 624, 625 (8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review).
There is no indication that the district court failed to consider a relevant factor, gave
significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, or committed a clear error of
judgment in weighing the relevant factors. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d
455, 461-62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (considerations for reasonableness of
sentence); United States v. Torres-Ojeda, 829 F.3d 1027, 1030 (8th Cir. 2016)
(where defendant was sentenced below Guidelines range, it is nearly inconceivable
that district court abused its discretion in not varying downward still further).

      The court has independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488
U.S. 75 (1988), and finds no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.

      The judgment is affirmed. Counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted.
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