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Parties Involved:
Scott Allen Johnson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 13-3046

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Scott Allen Johnson

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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 Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield

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 Submitted: December 26, 2013

Filed: January 7, 2014

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Scott Johnson appeals the sentence imposed by the district court after he 1

pleaded guilty to a drug offense. On appeal, Johnson’s counsel has moved to

The Honorable Greg Kays, United States District Judge for the Western

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District of Missouri.

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

arguing that the sentence is substantively unreasonable.

Upon careful review, we conclude thatJohnson’s sentence is not substantively

unreasonable. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en

banc) (appellate review of sentencing decision); United States v. Zauner, 688 F.3d

426, 429-30 (8th Cir. 2012) (when district court varies downward frompresumptively

reasonable Guidelines sentence, it is nearly inconceivable that court abused its

discretion in not varying downward even further). Further, having independently

reviewed the record in accordance with Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we

find no nonfrivolous issues. Therefore, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw. The

judgment is affirmed.

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