United States of America v. Zachariah Terrell Ross

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-1942
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Zachariah Terrell Ross
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
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Submitted: December 29, 2025
Filed: January 8, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Zachariah Ross appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he
pleaded guilty to a drug offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed
1The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Iowa.

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a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive
reasonableness of the sentence.
After careful review, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion
in sentencing Ross. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir.
2009) (en banc) (standard of review); see also United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d
754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (on appeal, within-Guidelines-range sentence may be
presumed reasonable). Further, 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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