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Parties Involved:
Eibony Bowers
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 19-2244

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Eibony Bowers

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: March 10, 2020

Filed: March 13, 2020

[Unpublished]

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Before GRUENDER, BEAM, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Eibony Bowers appeals the sentence the district court imposed1 after she

pleaded guilty to fraud offenses, pursuant to a plea agreement containing an appeal

1The Honorable Greg Kays, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

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waiver. Her counsel seeks leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v.

California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the district court imposed a

substantively unreasonable sentence. Bowers has filed a pro se brief also challenging

the reasonableness of her sentence.

We conclude that the appeal waiver is valid, enforceable, and applicable to the

issues raised in this appeal. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir.

2010) (stating that this court reviews de novo the validity and applicability of an

appeal waiver); United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en

banc) (stating that an appeal waiver will be enforced if the appeal falls within the

scope of the waiver, the defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered into the plea

agreement and the waiver, and enforcing the waiver would not result in a miscarriage

of justice).

Having independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal outside the scope of the

appeal waiver. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal, and grant counsel leave to

withdraw.

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