United States of America v. Anthony Dwayne Clay, also known as Oak

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 25-1253
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United States of America
lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee
v.
Anthony Dwayne Clay, also known as Oak
lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa - Eastern
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Submitted: November 17, 2025
Filed: November 20, 2025
[Unpublished]
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Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
Anthony Clay appeals after the district court1 revoked his supervised release.
His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief arguing that the district court
1The Honorable Stephen H. Locher, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.

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erred in concluding he committed the charged violations, deciding to revoke Clay’s
supervised release, and imposing a substantively unreasonable sentence.
After careful review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not
clearly err in finding that Clay committed a Grade A violation of his supervised
release or abuse its discretion in revoking his supervised release. See United States
v. Black Bear, 542 F.3d 249, 252 (8th Cir. 2008) (reviewing a decision to revoke
supervised release for abuse of discretion and the subsidiary finding as to whether a
violation occurred for clear error). We also conclude that the district court did not
abuse its discretion in imposing a revocation sentence. See United States v. Miller,
557 F.3d 910, 917 (8th Cir. 2009) (discussing abuse-of-discretion review for the
substantive reasonableness of a revocation sentence).
Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and affirm.
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