United States of America v. Kenneth Craig James

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[Unpublished]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 court imposed after he pleaded1
guilty to a drug offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief
The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the1
Southern District of Iowa.

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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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