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UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard Orville NORRIS, II, Appellant.
    No. 05-4366.
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted: March 5, 2007.
    Filed: March 6, 2007.
    Joseph James Volpe, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Little Rock, AR, for Appellee.
    Richard Orville Norris, II, Butner, NC, pro se.
    Mark F. Hampton, Hampton & Larkow-ski, Little Rock, AR, for Appellant.
    Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and BYE, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Richard Norris, II, pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. See 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(1), (b)(1) (imprisonment range of 15-40 years). Because he was subject to a 15-year statutory minimum, his Guidelines sentence was 180 months. See U.S.S.G. § 5Gl.l(b). After considering the advisory Guidelines and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, the district court sentenced Norris to 240 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. On appeal, his counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and seeks leave to withdraw.

In light of the justification the district court offered for Norris’s sentence — including his relatively young age and repeat-offender status, the likelihood he would commit another sex crime, the need for deterrence and protection of the public, and his need for intensive treatment — we conclude that the sentence is not unreasonable. See United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005) (requiring review for unreasonableness).

After reviewing the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw, and we affirm the judgment of the district court. 
      
      . The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.