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UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Dustin Wayne ROGERS Defendant-Appellant
    No. 16-1827
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted: April 12, 2017
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Adam Kerndt, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Des Moines, IA, Maureen McGuire, Assistant U.S. Attorney, for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Dustin Wayne Rogers, Pro Se
    Before GRUENDER, ARNOLD, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM. '

Dustin Wayne Rogers pled guilty plea to child-pornography charges. On appeal, he challenges the sentence that the district court imposed. Rogers’s counsel moves to withdraw, and in a brief submitted under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), he argues that the sentence was substantively unreasonable. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms.

The district court imposed a sentence below the applicable advisory Guidelines range after discussing, in some detail, the nature and seriousness of the offenses, Rogers’s personal characteristics, difficult childhood, and’ admirable military service, and considered other appropriate sentencing factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). This court finds that the sentence was not substantively unreasonable. See United States v. David, 682 F.3d 1074, 1077 (8th Cir. 2012) (discussing abuse of discretion); United States v. Moore, 581 F.3d 681, 684 (8th Cir. 2009) (per curiam) (“[Wjhere a district court has sentenced a defendant below the advisory guidelines range, it is nearly inconceivable that the court abused its discretion in not varying downward still.”). An independent review of the record reveals no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. See Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988).

The judgment is affirmed, and counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted. 
      
      , The Honorable Stephanie M. Rose, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.