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Parties Involved:
Jeffrey Lynn Brown
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

the Southern District of Iowa.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-1694

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Southern District of Iowa.

Jeffrey Lynn Brown, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: July 20, 2006

Filed: August 4, 2006 

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Before MURPHY, BYE, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Jeffrey Brown appeals following imposition of sentence by the district court1

upon his guilty plea to a charge of making a false statement while attempting to

purchase a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6). On appeal, his counsel has

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

Counsel argues that Brown’s sentence of 12 months and one day in prison, plus

two years of supervised release, is greater than necessary to achieve the goals

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presented in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and is, therefore, unreasonable. This argument fails.

The district court specifically discussed the section 3553(a) factors, and we find no

indication that the court based its sentence on any improper or irrelevant factor. See

United States v. Long Soldier, 431 F.3d 1120, 1123 (8th Cir. 2005) (relevant inquiry

is whether court actually considered § 3553(a) factors and whether appellate court’s

review of factors leads to conclusion that they support reasonableness of district

court’s sentencing decision); United States v. Saenz, 428 F.3d 1159, 1164-65 (8th

Cir. 2005) (there is range of reasonableness available to district court in any given

case); United States v. Lincoln, 413 F.3d 716, 717-18 (8th Cir.) (sentence within

Guidelines range is presumptively reasonable; district court must not base sentence

on irrelevant or improper factor, and must not neglect relevant factors), cert. denied,

126 S. Ct. 840 (2005). 

Having reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80 (1988), we

conclude there are no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s

judgment.

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