United States of America v. Juan Aldo Beltran Delgado

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-2520
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Juan Aldo Beltran Delgado
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
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Submitted: June 12, 2026
Filed: June 17, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, KELLY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Juan Delgado appeals the below-Guidelines-range sentence the district court1
imposed after he pleaded guilty to drug and firearm offenses. His counsel has moved
1The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Iowa.

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to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
challenging the sentence as substantively unreasonable.
Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a
substantively unreasonable sentence, as the court properly considered the factors
listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and did not err in weighing the relevant factors. See
United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (reviewing
substantive reasonableness under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard; abuse of
discretion occurs when court fails to consider relevant factor, gives significant weight
to improper or irrelevant factor, or commits clear error of judgment in weighing
appropriate factors); see also United States v. McSmith, 968 F.3d 731, 737 (8th Cir.
2020) (disagreement with how district court weighed factors does not demonstrate
abuse of discretion).
We have independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488
U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we
grant counsel leave to withdraw, and affirm.
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