United States of America v. Anthony Lee Sims

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-2066
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United States of America
Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Anthony Lee Sims
Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Central
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Submitted: January 13, 2026
Filed: January 23, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Anthony Sims appeals after the district court1 revoked his supervised release
and sentenced him to 48 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. His
1 The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Iowa.

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counsel has filed a brief challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence
and moved to withdraw.
After careful review, we conclude that the sentence was not an abuse of
discretion. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 916 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard
of review). The revocation sentence is below the Guidelines range. See United
States v. Bevins, 848 F.3d 835, 841 (8th Cir. 2017) (“[I]t is ‘nearly inconceivable’
that a sentence is so high as to be substantively unreasonable and constitute an abuse
of discretion when the district court imposed a below-Guidelines sentence” (quoting
United States v. Lazarski, 560 F.3d 731, 733 (8th Cir. 2009))). And there is no
indication that the district court failed to consider a relevant factor, gave significant
weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in
weighing the relevant factors. See United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923 (8th
Cir. 2006) (considerations for reasonableness of sentence).
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and affirm the judgment.
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