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Parties Involved:
Shannon J. Straub
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 16-1813

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Shannon J. Straub

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis

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 Submitted: November 7, 2016

Filed: December 13, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

After pleading guilty to 3 counts of transporting individuals through interstate

commerce for prostitution, Shannon Straub appeals the district court’s1

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The Honorable Audrey G. Fleissig, United States District Judge for the Eastern

District of Missouri.

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Guidelines-range sentence. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has

filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the

sentence was substantively unreasonable.

We find no abuse of discretion in the district court’s sentence, as the court

considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and did not give significant weight to an

improper or irrelevant factor or commit a clear error of judgment in weighing the

factors, see United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917 (8th Cir. 2009); and because

within-Guidelines sentences are generally presumed reasonable, see United States v.

Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014). We have also independently reviewed

the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no

non-frivolous issues. 

Accordingly, we affirm and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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