United States v. Antonio Ventura-Fuentes

560 F. App'x 635

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: June 10, 2014
• Docket: 13-3784
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Antonio Ventura-Fuentes directly appeals the downward-departure sentence imposed by the district court 1 after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense. On appeal, counsel for Ventura-Fuentes seeks to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (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, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no non-frivolous issues. Therefore, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm.

1 . The Honorable D.P. Marshall, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.