Court Opinion

ID: 8447878
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-04 23:38:41.420304+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:48:56.716956
License: Public Domain

ORDER
Aldegundo Gonzalez-Qurioz pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after having previously been removed, 8 U.S.C. § 1326. The district court adopted the guidelines imprisonment range of 30 to 37 months (based on an offense level of 17 and criminal history category of III) from the presentence investigation report and sentenced Gonzalez-Qurioz to 30 months. Gonzalez-Qurioz filed a notice of appeal, but his appointed lawyer seeks to withdraw on the ground that all possible claims are frivolous. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). Gonzalez-Qurioz has not responded to counsel’s motion. See CIR. R. 51(b). We confine our review to the potential issues identified in counsel’s facially adequate brief. See United States v. Schuh, 289 F.3d 968, 973-74 (7th Cir.2002).
Gonzalez-Qurioz has told counsel that he does not want his guilty plea set aside, so counsel properly omits any discussion about the adequacy of the plea colloquy or the voluntariness of the plea. See United States v. Knox, 287 F.3d 667, 670-72 (7th Cir.2002).
Counsel considers whether GonzalezQurioz could challenge his sentence but properly concludes that such a challenge would be frivolous. Counsel cannot identify any reason to disregard the presumption that a within-guidelines sentence is reasonable, see Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 347, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007); United States v. Pape, 601 *552F.3d 743, 746 (7th Cir.2010). The district court properly evaluated the sentencing factors in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). In imposing a within-range sentence, the judge acknowledged Gonzalez-Qurioz’s personal history and characteristics, see id. § 3553(a)(1)—that he returned to the United States to earn money so he could better provide for his family, but also that he had illegally reentered multiple times and had several recent criminal convictions.
Counsel’s motion to withdraw is GRANTED, and the appeal is DISMISSED.