Opinion
No. 14-3035 No. 14-3063
03-25-2015
United States of America Plaintiff - Appellee v. Leopoldo Gamma-Deleon Defendant - Appellant
Appeals from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City [Unpublished] Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.
In these consolidated appeals, Leopoldo Gamma-Deleon directly appeals the sentences imposed by the district court in his criminal case and in his supervised-release revocation proceeding. After careful review, we affirm.
The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.
While serving a 3-year term of supervised release, Gamma pleaded guilty to a new federal indictment for illegally reentering the country having been previously deported after an aggravated felony conviction, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(2). At his combined sentencing and revocation hearing, the district court imposed consecutive prison sentences of 41 months on the reentry conviction, and 24 months on the supervision revocation. In a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), counsel argues that the 65-month aggregate sentence was substantively unreasonable.
We find no abuse of discretion in the sentences imposed. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (this court reviews sentence under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard); United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 915-16 (8th Cir. 2009) (this court reviews revocation sentence using same standards it applies when reviewing initial sentence). The district court adequately considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors; identified relevant sentencing factors, including Gamma's recidivism and prior deportations; and did not commit a clear error of judgment in weighing the factors. See United States v. Salazar-Aleman, 741 F.3d 878, 881 (8th Cir. 2013) (outlining substantive reasonableness test); Miller, 557 F.3d at 917 (same test for substantive review of revocation sentence); Feemster, 572 F.3d at 464 (substantive review is narrow and deferential to sentencing court); see, e.g., United States v. Ceballos-Santa Cruz, 756 F.3d 635, 637-38 (8th Cir. 2014) (per curiam) (affirming top-of-Guidelines-range revocation sentence for illegally reentering country). The court also did not abuse its discretion by ordering that the sentences be served consecutively. See U.S.S.G. §§ 5G1.3(c), comment. (n.3(C)), & 7B1.3(f); United States v. Cotroneo, 89 F.3d 510, 512 (8th Cir. 1996) (standard of review).
An independent review of the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), reveals no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of the district court, and we grant counsel's motions to withdraw, subject to counsel informing appellant about the procedures for seeking rehearing from this court and for filing a petition for writ of certiorari.