United States of America v. Kenneth Craig James

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

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.