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Parties Involved:
Andrew Juno Shannon-Dickens
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 19-2865

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Andrew Juno Shannon-Dickens

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines

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 Submitted: April 24, 2020

Filed: April 29, 2020

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Andrew Shannon-Dickens appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after

he pleaded guilty to a drug offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed

1The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for

the Southern District of Iowa.

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a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive

reasonableness of the sentence.

After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its

discretion in sentencing Shannon-Dickens, as there was no indication that it

overlooked a relevant 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factor, or committed a clear error of

judgment in weighing relevant factors, see United States v. Salazar-Aleman, 741 F.3d

878, 881 (8th Cir. 2013) (standard of review); and the sentence was within the

Guidelines range, see United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014). 

Furthermore, having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488

U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. 

Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion and affirm.

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