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Parties Involved:
David Allen Clime
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. 06-3609

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Southern

* District of Iowa.

David Allen Clime, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: January 23, 2008

 Filed: February 4, 2008

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Before BYE, SMITH, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

David Allen Clime appeals the 120-month prison sentence the district court1

imposed upon his guilty plea to conspiring to manufacture at least 5 grams of

methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(B)(viii), and 846.

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

U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that the district court erred in not requiring the government

to file a substantial-assistance downward-departure motion and in not crediting Clime

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for time he had spent in state custody. Clime has tendered an untimely pro se

supplemental brief, and we grant his motion for leave to file it.

Clime pleaded guilty pursuant to a plea agreement that contained a waiver of

his right to appeal his conviction and sentence. We will enforce the appeal waiver

here. The record reflects that Clime understood and voluntarily accepted the terms of

the plea agreement, including the appeal waiver; the appeal falls within the scope of

the waiver; and we conclude that no injustice would result from enforcing it. See

United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-90 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (discussing

enforceability of appeal waiver); United States v. Estrada-Bahena, 201 F.3d 1070,

1071 (8th Cir. 2000) (per curiam) (enforcing appeal waiver in Anders case). Clime’s

assertion in his supplemental brief that the government breached the plea agreement

by not moving for a downward departure does not provide a basis for setting aside the

appeal waiver. See United States v. Amezcua, 276 F.3d 445, 447 (8th Cir. 2002)

(when government expressly reserves discretion whether to move for downward

departure based on substantial assistance, appeals court will perform only limited

review of decision; decision may be challenged only if defendant makes substantial

threshold showing that government refused to file motion for constitutionally

impermissible reasons, such as race or religion).

Having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75,

80 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal beyond the scope of the

waiver. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and

we deny Clime’s motion for appointment of substitute counsel.

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