United States v. Jose Rojas

── United States v. Jose Rojas ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Date: May 11, 2026 Category: General United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 25-3427 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Jose Eduardo Solorio Rojas lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central ____________ Submitted: May 6, 2026 Filed: May 11, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before GRUENDER, KELLY, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Jose Rojas appeals after he pleaded guilty to an illegal reentry offense and the district court1 imposed a within-Guidelines sentence. His counsel has moved for 1 The Honorable Stephen H. Locher, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the sentence as substantively unreasonable. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Rojas. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (standard of review); United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (stating that a sentence within the Guidelines is presumed to be reasonable). We have also independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, and we grant counsel leave to withdraw. ______________________________ -2-