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Parties Involved:
James Dawson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-3131

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

James Dawson

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs

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 Submitted: March 13, 2015

Filed: March 20, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

James Dawson directly appeals after he pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge,

and the district court sentenced him below the calculated Guidelines range. His 1

The Honorable Susan O. Hickey, United States DistrictJudge for the Western 1

District of Arkansas.

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counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386

U.S. 738 (1967). Dawson has filed a pro se supplemental brief raising claims of

ineffective assistance of counsel.

After careful de novo review, see United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th

Cir. 2010), we will enforce the appeal waiver in Dawson’s plea agreement, because

the arguments raised in this appeal fall within the scope of the waiver, Dawson’s

testimony at the plea hearing shows that he entered into the waiver knowingly and

voluntarily, and dismissing the appeal based on the waiver will not result in a

miscarriage of justice, see United States v. Guzman, 707 F.3d 938, 941 (8th Cir.

2013).

Further, having independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio,

488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues outside the scope of the appeal

waiver. This appeal is dismissed, and counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted

subject to counsel informing appellant about procedures for seeking rehearing or

filing a petition for certiorari.

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