United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 14-1666
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Joshua Todd Woolridge
lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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Submitted: July 22, 2014
Filed: July 25, 2014
[Unpublished]
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Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Joshua Woolridge appeals after he pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex
offender and the District Court1 sentenced him to thirty months in prison, a term
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The Honorable Beth Phillips, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.
within the calculated Guidelines range. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has
filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing, in essence, that
Woolridge’s prison term is substantively unreasonable. In a pro se supplemental brief,
Woolridge claims that he has received ineffective assistance of counsel.
Upon careful review, we conclude that Woolridge’s prison term is not
substantively unreasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007)
(describing appellate review of sentencing decisions and noting that if a sentence is
within the Guidelines range, a court of appeals may apply a presumption of
reasonableness). Further, we decline to consider Woolridge’s ineffective-assistance
claims and related assertions on direct appeal. See United States v. Jennings, 662 F.3d
988, 991–92 (8th Cir. 2011) (deferring possible ineffective-assistance claims to a 28
U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding). Finally, having reviewed the record in accordance with
Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly,
we affirm the judgment of the District Court, and we grant counsel’s motion to
withdraw subject to counsel informing Woolridge about procedures for seeking
rehearing or filing a petition for certiorari.
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