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Parties Involved:
Joshua Thomas
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3500

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Joshua Thomas

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville

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 Submitted: March 23, 2016

 Filed: March 28, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

Joshua Thomas directly appeals the sentence imposed by the district court

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after he pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. His counsel has

The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge for the

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Western District of Arkansas. 

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moved to 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 belowGuidelines sentence was not substantively unreasonable. See United States v.

Salazar-Aleman, 741 F.3d 878, 881 (8thCir. 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. Lazarski, 560 F.3d 731, 733 (8thCir. 2009) (when

downward variance is granted, it is “nearly inconceivable” that court abuses

discretion in not varying downward further). 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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