United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
                                   ___________

                                   No. 02-2497
                                   ___________

United States of America,           *
                                    *
                 Appellee,          * Appeal from the United States
                                    * District Court for the Western
     v.                             * District of Arkansas.
                                    *
Miguel Angel Miranda-Martinez,      *      [UNPUBLISHED]
                                    *
                 Appellant.         *
                               ___________

                             Submitted: December 3, 2002

                                  Filed: December 6, 2002
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Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
                          ___________

PER CURIAM.

       A one-count indictment charged Miguel Angel Miranda-Martinez with being
found in the United States without permission, following his conviction for
aggravated felonies and his later deportation, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and
(b)(2). Miranda-Martinez pleaded guilty, and the district court* sentenced him to 46
months imprisonment and three years supervised release.



      *
        The Honorable Jimm Larry Hendren, Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Western District of Arkansas.
       On appeal, Miranda-Martinez's counsel filed a brief and moved to withdraw
under Anders v. California, 

(1967). Upon careful review of the record,
including Miranda-Martinez's postsentencing letter to the district court, we conclude
there are no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. See Penson v. Ohio, 

(1988).
Accordingly, we affirm. We also grant counsel's motion to withdraw.

      A true copy.

             Attest:

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




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