Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-06-10 15:03:23.798162+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:17:29.392300
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United States Court of Appeals
                             For the Eighth Circuit
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                                 No. 13-3784
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                              United States of America

                        lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

                                           v.

                             Antonio Ventura-Fuentes

                       lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                 for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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                              Submitted: June 5, 2014
                               Filed: June 10, 2014
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before BYE, COLLOTON, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

     Antonio Ventura-Fuentes directly appeals the downward-departure sentence
imposed by the district court1 after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense. On appeal,

      1
       The Honorable D.P. Marshall, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Arkansas.
counsel for Ventura-Fuentes seeks to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the sentence is unreasonable. Upon
careful review, we conclude that Ventura-Fuentes’s sentence is not unreasonable. See
United States v. Burns, 577 F.3d 887, 894-896 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (appellate
review of departure sentence). Having reviewed the record independently under
Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we find no non-frivolous issues. Therefore,
we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm.
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