United States v. Jose Mejia-Fraijo

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: May 22, 2026
• Docket: 25-3237, 25-3242
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 25-3237 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Jose DeJesus Mejia-Fraijo

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ___________________________

No. 25-3242 ___________________________

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeals from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Western ____________ Submitted: May 19, 2026 Filed: May 22, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________

Before BENTON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Jose Mejia-Fraijo appeals after he pleaded guilty to illegal reentry as a felon, which also resulted in the district court1 revoking his supervised release in an earlier case. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and has filed a brief challenging the substantive reasonableness of both sentences.

Having carefully reviewed the record, we conclude that Mejia-Fraijo’s sentences are not unreasonable, as there is no indication that the district court failed to consider the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, 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) (standard of review; sentence may be unreasonable if district court fails to consider relevant factor, gives significant weight to improper or irrelevant factor, or commits clear error of judgment in weighing appropriate factors); United States v. Valure, 835 F.3d 789, 790 (8th Cir. 2016) (standard of review for revocation sentences); United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (on appeal, within-Guidelines-range sentence may be presumed reasonable); United States v.

1 The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.

-2- Beckwith, 57 F.4th 630, 632 (8th Cir. 2023) (per curiam) (revocation sentence within Guidelines range is accorded a presumption of substantive reasonableness on appeal).

We have also independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and we find no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw, and we affirm. ______________________________

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