USA v. Sigifredo Ramirez, No. 05-4127 (8th Cir. 2006)

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Court Description: Criminal case - Sentencing. The district court considered appropriate sentencing factors and the sentence imposed was not unreasonable.

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United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 05-4127 ___________ United States of America, Appellee, v. Sigifredo Ramirez, Appellant. * * * * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the * District of Nebraska. * * [UNPUBLISHED] * ___________ Submitted: November 15, 2006 Filed: November 27, 2006 ___________ Before SMITH, MAGILL, and BENTON, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. Sigifredo Ramirez appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. ยง 846. Ramirez argues the sentence is unreasonable, contending that the court--after granting a safety-valve reduction-- gave no clear reason for sentencing him at the midpoint rather than the bottom of the Guidelines imprisonment range. 1 The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska. The record reflects that the district court considered appropriate sentencing factors, and we conclude the sentence is not unreasonable. See United States v. Long Soldier, 431 F.3d 1120, 1123 (8th Cir. 2005); United States v. Tobacco, 428 F.3d 1148, 1151 (8th Cir. 2005); United States v. Lincoln, 413 F.3d 716, 717-18 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 840 (2005). Accordingly, we affirm. ______________________________ -2-

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