United States of America v. Virginia Marie Hayes

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 19-2529
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United States of America
Plaintiff Appellee
v.
Virginia Marie Hayes
Defendant Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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Submitted: April 17, 2020
Filed: April 22, 2020
[Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Virginia Marie Hayes appeals after she pleaded guilty to a fraud offense
pursuant to a plea agreement containing an appeal waiver, and the district court1
1The Honorable Howard F. Sachs, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.

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sentenced her to a term of imprisonment at the bottom of the advisory guidelines
range. Her counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under
Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), acknowledging the appeal waiver and
challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.
We will enforce the appeal waiver in this case because Hayes entered into the
plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, her challenge to the
sentence falls within the scope of the appeal waiver, and no miscarriage of justice
would result from enforcing the waiver. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702,
704 (8th Cir. 2010) (standard of review); United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886,
889-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc). Further, having independently reviewed the record
under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we have found no non-frivolous issues for
appeal outside the scope of the appeal waiver.
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal based on the appeal waiver, and we grant
counsel’s motion to withdraw.
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