Case Name: UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Shannon J. STRAUB Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-12-13
Citations: 671 F. App'x 405
Docket Number: No. 16-1813
Parties: UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Shannon J. STRAUB Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 671
Pages: 405–406

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Shannon J. STRAUB Defendant-Appellant
No. 16-1813
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: November 7, 2016
Filed: December 13, 2016
Jennifer Winfield, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Shannon J. Straub, Pro Se
Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
After pleading guilty to 3 counts of transporting individuals through interstate commerce for prostitution, Shannon Straub appeals the district court's within-Guidelines-range sentence. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the sentence was substantively unreasonable.
We find no abuse of discretion in the district court's sentence, as the court considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors and did not give significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor or commit a clear error of judgment in weighing the factors, see United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917 (8th Cir. 2009); and because within-Guidelines sentences are generally presumed reasonable, see United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014). We have also independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues.
Accordingly, we affirm and grant counsel's motion to withdraw.
. The Honorable Audrey G. Fleissig, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri.