United States of America v. Isaiah Thomas, also known as Zeke

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-2341
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Isaiah Thomas, also known as Zeke
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Central
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Submitted: July 24, 2026
Filed: July 29, 2026
[Unpublished]
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Before SHEPHERD, ARNOLD, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Isaiah Thomas appeals after he pled guilty to a firearm offense and the district
court1 sentenced him to an above-Guidelines term of 105 months in prison. He
1The Honorable James M. Moody Jr., United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Arkansas.

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asserts that the district court procedurally erred at sentencing in connection with the
Guidelines base offense level and criminal history calculation. The government
responds that there was no procedural error, and in any event any error was harmless
in light of the district court’s statements at sentencing.
Upon careful review, we conclude that we need not determine whether the
district court made the Guidelines errors asserted by Thomas, as the court stated that
it would have imposed the same sentence in light of Thomas’s aggravating factors
even if it agreed with his Guidelines calculations. See United States v. Sharkey, 131
F.4th 621, 623 (8th Cir. 2025) (where district court stated that even without possible
Guidelines error sentence would be proper any error was harmless); see also United
States v. Hamilton, 929 F.3d 943, 948 (8th Cir. 2019) (any Guidelines miscalculation
was harmless where district court stated it would have imposed same term).
Accordingly, we affirm.
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