United States v. Andrew Shannon-Dickens

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: April 29, 2020
• Docket: 19-2865
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-2865 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Andrew Juno Shannon-Dickens

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________

Submitted: April 24, 2020 Filed: April 29, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Andrew Shannon-Dickens appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed

1 The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. a brief 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 abuse its discretion in sentencing Shannon-Dickens, as there was no indication that it overlooked a relevant 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing relevant factors, see United States v. Salazar-Aleman, 741 F.3d 878, 881 (8th Cir. 2013) (standard of review); and the sentence was within the Guidelines range, see United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014). Furthermore, having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.

Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion and affirm. ______________________________

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