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Parties Involved:
Jayden Kusiek Wolf
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 24-1540

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Jayden Kusiek Wolf

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of South Dakota - Southern

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 Submitted: January 13, 2025

Filed: January 16, 2025

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, GRUENDER, SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Jayden Kuseik Wolf appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he

pleaded guilty to production of child pornography pursuant to a plea agreement

1The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District

of South Dakota.

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containing an appeal waiver. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief

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

reasonableness of the sentence.

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

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

2010) (reviewing 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 non-frivolous issues for appeal outside the scope of the

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

appeal.

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