United States v. Cuauthemoc Sanchez-Lopez

Cuauthemoe Sanchez-Lopez appeals the below-Guidelines-range sentence the district court 1 imposed after he pled guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, to an immigration offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the district court abused its discretion by declining to vary downward even further.

Upon careful review, this court concludes that Sanehez-Lopez’s appeal falls within the scope of the appeal waiver contained in the plea agreement, that he entered into both the appeal waiver…