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Parties Involved:
Ricky Christian Horstman
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Scott O. Wright, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 10-1077

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, * Appeal from the United States

* District Court for the

v. * Western District of Missouri.

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Ricky Christian Horstman, * [UNPUBLISHED]

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Appellant. *

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Submitted: July 21, 2010

Filed: July 27, 2010

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Before Judges BYE, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Ricky Horstman appeals the sentence the District Court1

 imposed after he

pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. His counsel has

moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738

(1967), arguing that the court misapplied the Guidelines and imposed an unreasonable

sentence. Upon careful review, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and we

dismiss the appeal based upon an appeal waiver contained in Horstman’s plea

agreement. See United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889–92 (8th Cir.) (en banc)

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(holding that enforcement of an appeal waiver in a plea agreement is appropriate

where the appeal falls within the scope of the waiver, the defendant entered into both

the plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, and enforcement

of the waiver would not result in a miscarriage of justice), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 997

(2003); United States v. Estrada-Bahena, 201 F.3d 1070, 1071 (8th Cir. 2000) (per

curiam) (enforcing an appeal waiver in an Anders case).

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