United States of America v. Gladis Maldonado

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 13-1659
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Gladis Maldonado
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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Submitted: January 28, 2014
Filed: February 7, 2014
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, BYE, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
After Gladis Maldonado pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy offense, the
district court varied downward from the advisory Guidelines range and sentenced her1
The Honorable James M. Moody, United States District Judge for the Eastern1
District of Arkansas.

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to serve 144 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. On appeal,
Maldonado’s counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the sentence is greater than necessary
to accomplish the goals of sentencing.
Applying a presumption of reasonableness to the sentence, which fell well
below the uncontested Guidelines range, we conclude that the district court did not
abuse its discretion. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009)
(en banc) (standard of review). Further, having independently reviewed the record
under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues.
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we affirm.
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