Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eric Phillip ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-08
Citations: 501 F. App'x 601
Docket Number: No. 12-2872
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eric Phillip ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 501
Pages: 601–602

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Eric Phillip ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-2872.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 4, 2013.
Filed: April 8, 2013.
Allen A. Slaughter, Jr., U.S. Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Ap-pellee.
Kevin M. O’Brien, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant.
Eric Phillip Romero, Chicago, IL, pro se.
Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Eric Romero appeals the sentence the district court imposed after he pled guilty to a drug charge. His counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the district court abused its discretion by imposing a prison term that is greater than necessary and unreasonable.
Upon careful review, this court concludes that the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Romero. See United States v. Montgomery, 525 F.3d 627, 629 (8th Cir.2008) (reviewing sentence under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard). This court independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), and found no nonfrivolous issues.
Counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, and the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
. The Honorable David S. Doty, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.