United States of America v. Jessica Rochelle Peters

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-1958
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Jessica Rochelle Peters
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
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Submitted: January 20, 2026
Filed: January 27, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, SHEPHERD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Jessica Peters appeals the below-Guidelines sentence the district court1
imposed after she pleaded guilty to child pornography offenses. Her counsel has
1The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Iowa.

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moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence. Peters
has moved for appointment of new counsel.
Upon 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) (reviewing sentence under deferential abuse-of-
discretion standard; discussing substantive reasonableness); United States v.
McCauley, 715 F.3d 1119, 1127 (8th Cir. 2013) (noting when a district court has
varied below the Guidelines range, it is “nearly inconceivable” that the court abused
its discretion by not varying downward further). In addition, having independently
reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no non-
frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, grant counsel’s
motion to withdraw, deny Peters’s motion for new counsel, and deny any further
extension of time to file a supplemental brief.
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