United States of America v. Jonathan T. Watkins

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 20-2107
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Jonathan T. Watkins
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City
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Submitted: December 4, 2020
Filed: December 9, 2020
[Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, ERICKSON, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Jonathan T. Watkins appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1 after
he pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. His counsel has moved
1The Honorable Brian C. Wimes, United States District Judge for the Western
District of Missouri.

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for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738
(1967), arguing the district court procedurally erred in applying an enhancement to
his base offense level, and Watkins’s sentence is substantively unreasonable.
We conclude the district court did not err in applying the sentencing
enhancement. See United States v. Kirlin, 859 F.3d 539, 543 (8th Cir. 2017)
(standard of review); U.S.S.G. §§ 2K2.1(a)(2), 4B1.2(a). We also conclude 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 and discussing substantive reasonableness).
Having reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find
no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm, and we grant counsel leave to
withdraw.
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