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Parties Involved:
Dong Pyou Han
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-2616

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Dong Pyou Han

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines

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 Submitted: January 4, 2016

Filed: January 11, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before SMITH, BYE, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Dong Pyou Han directly appeals the 57-month sentence imposed by the district

court1

 after he pleaded guilty to making false statements. His counsel has moved to

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The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern

District of Iowa.

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

arguing that the sentence was unreasonable. We conclude that the within-Guidelines

sentence was not substantively unreasonable. See United States v. Salazar-Aleman,

741 F.3d 878, 881 (8th Cir. 2013) (under substantive review, district court abuses its

discretion if it fails to consider relevant factor, gives significant weight to improper

or irrelevant factor, or commits clear error of judgment in weighing factors); United

States v. Cook, 698 F.3d 667, 670 (8th Cir. 2012) (treating within-Guidelines sentence

as presumptively reasonable on appeal). We have reviewed the record independently

under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and we find no nonfrivolous issues for

appeal.

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, and we grant counsel’s motion to

withdraw. 

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