United States of America v. Cesar Medel-Vargas

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 20-1193
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Cesar Medel-Vargas
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville
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Submitted: June 30, 2020
Filed: July 6, 2020
[Unpublished]
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Before GRASZ, BEAM, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Cesar Medel-Vargas appeals after he pled guilty to illegal reentry, and the
district court1 imposed a sentence at the bottom of the advisory range under the
1The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Arkansas.

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United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual (“Guidelines”). His counsel has moved
for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967), arguing Medel-Vargas’s sentence is substantively unreasonable.
Upon careful review, we conclude the district court did not impose a
substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455,
461-62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (reviewing sentence under deferential
abuse-of-discretion standard and discussing substantive reasonableness). In addition,
having reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find
no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant counsel leave to
withdraw.
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