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UNITED STATES v. RIOS

No. 20-1146.

995 F.3d 654 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Francisca Yadira RIOS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 28, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan W. Leemkuil , Mikaela Jo Shotwell , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Des Moines, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Chad R. Frese , Kaplan & Frese, Marshalltown, IA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Francisca Yadira Rios, Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, CA, Pro Se.

Before SMITH, Chief Judge, LOKEN and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Francisca Yadira Rios appeals her below-Guidelines sentence of 157 months' imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. She argues that the district court1 erred by denying her safety-valve relief and imposing an unreasonable sentence. We affirm.

I. Background

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