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Parties Involved:
Kenneth Isaacs
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable George Howard, Jr., United States District Judge for the

Eastern District of Arkansas.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 04-2264

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Kenneth Isaacs, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: June 1, 2005

Filed: June 6, 2005

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Before BYE, RILEY, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Kenneth Isaacs appeals the sentence the district court1

 imposed after he pleaded

guilty to conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute

hydromorphone, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. His counsel has moved to withdraw

and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). We reject

counsel’s suggestion that appellant’s prior federal conviction for escape should not

be considered a predicate offense for career-offender classification. See United States

v. Nation, 243 F.3d 467, 472-73 (8th Cir. 2001) (holding that escape is categorically

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crime of violence). Having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson

v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly,

we affirm. 

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