United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 00-1449
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United States of America,                *
                                         *
               Appellee,                 *
                                         * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                 * District Court for the Southern
                                         * District of Iowa.
Jorge Perez,                             *
                                         *          [UNPUBLISHED]
               Appellant.                *
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                            Submitted: December 5, 2000

                                Filed: December 11, 2000
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Before McMILLIAN, BOWMAN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit
      Judges.
                         ___________

PER CURIAM.

       Jorge Perez appeals following the district court’s1 imposition of sentence upon
his guilty plea to a drug offense. His counsel has filed a brief and moved to withdraw
pursuant to Anders v. California, 

(1967). Mr. Perez has filed a pro se
supplemental brief, in which he raises the issue whether his counsel was ineffective for
failing to bring to the court’s attention, as a basis for a downward departure,

      1
        The Honorable Harold D. Vietor, United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Iowa.
Mr. Perez’s plea-agreement stipulation to deportation. If Mr. Perez wishes to pursue
a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on his dissatisfaction with counsel’s
performance, however, he should do so in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding. See United
States v. Guzman-Landeros, 

, 1035 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam). Having
reviewed the Anders brief and the record, we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.
See Penson v. Ohio, 

, 80 (1988); 

.

      Accordingly, we affirm and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

                     CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.




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