United States of America v. Troy John Pitzen

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 22-2194
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Troy John Pitzen
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Central
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Submitted: October 6, 2022
Filed: October 12, 2022
[Unpublished]
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Before ERICKSON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Troy John Pitzen appeals the within-Guidelines-range sentence the district
court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to making a false statement to a federal agency.
1The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Iowa.

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His counsel has 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.
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); see also United States v.
Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (on appeal, within-Guidelines-range
sentence presumed reasonable).
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
leave to withdraw, and affirm.
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