United States v. Christopher Padilla

In this direct criminal appeal, Christopher Padilla challenges the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to drug and firearms charges. His counsel has moved to withdraw and submitted a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), addressing whether the sentence was based on procedural error, or was otherwise substantively unreasonable, and stating there are no non-frivolous issues, as Padilla was sentenced to the statutory minimum.

After careful review, we conclude that no plain procedural error occurred, and any such error would…