United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 19-1718
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Kenneth Craig James
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines
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Submitted: October 23, 2019
Filed: October 24, 2019
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Kenneth James appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded
guilty to a drug offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief
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The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.
under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive
reasonableness of the sentence.
After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a
substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455,
461-62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (discussing abuse-of-discretion review of sentence
for substantive reasonableness). Having independently reviewed the record under
Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no non-frivolous issues for appeal.
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion, and we affirm.
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