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UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Laquetta HUGHES Defendant-Appellant
    No. 17-1758
    United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
    Submitted: October 5, 2017
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Martin Joseph McLaughlin, Lisa C. Williams, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Jacob Alden Schunk, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
    Laquetta Hughes, Pro Se
    Heather Quick, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Defendant-Appellant
    Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Laquetta Hughes directly appeals the sentence the district court imposed after she pled guilty to a firearm charge. Her counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the sentence is substantively unreasonable. Hughes has filed a pro se brief, also arguing that her sentence is substantively unreasonable.

Having reviewed the record, we conclude that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions); ■see also United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (on appeal, within-Guidelines-range sentence may be presumed reasonable). In addition, we have independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), and have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed, and counsel is granted leave to withdraw. 
      
      . The Honorable Linda R. Reade, United States District Judge for the Northern District oflowa.