United States v. Anthony Sims

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: January 23, 2026
• Docket: 25-2066
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 25-2066 ___________________________

United States of America

Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Anthony Lee Sims

Defendant - Appellant ____________

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

Submitted: January 13, 2026 Filed: January 23, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________

Before BENTON, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Anthony Sims appeals after the district court 1 revoked his supervised release and sentenced him to 48 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. His

1 The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. counsel has filed a brief challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence and moved to withdraw.

After careful review, we conclude that the sentence was not an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 916 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review). The revocation sentence is below the Guidelines range. See United States v. Bevins, 848 F.3d 835, 841 (8th Cir. 2017) (“[I]t is ‘nearly inconceivable’ that a sentence is so high as to be substantively unreasonable and constitute an abuse of discretion when the district court imposed a below-Guidelines sentence” (quoting United States v. Lazarski, 560 F.3d 731, 733 (8th Cir. 2009))). And there is no indication that the district court failed to consider a relevant factor, gave significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing the relevant factors. See United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923 (8th Cir. 2006) (considerations for reasonableness of sentence).

Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and affirm the judgment. ______________________________

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