Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jesse Raymond AKERS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-09-03
Citations: 528 F. App'x 690
Docket Number: No. 13-1078
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jesse Raymond AKERS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 528
Pages: 690–691

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jesse Raymond AKERS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-1078.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 28, 2013.
Filed: Sept. 3, 2013.
Richard L. Murphy, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Plaintiff-Appel-lee.
Jesse Raymond Akers, Cedar Rapids, IA, pro se.
Chris Cooklin, Cooklin Law Office, Ames, IA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before WOLLMAN, GRUENDER, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jesse Raymond Akers directly appeals the within-Guidelines-range sentence imposed by the district court upon his guilty plea to firearm offenses. His counsel has moved 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), questioning whether the district court committed reversible error during the guilty-plea or sentencing proceedings.
After a careful review of the record, this court finds no grounds for reversal in connection with the taking and acceptance of Akers's guilty plea, see Fed.R.Crim.P. 11 (procedures and criteria for accepting guilty plea), or the imposition of his sentence, which this court finds is reasonable, see United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir.2009) (en banc) (discussing appellate review of federal criminal sentence for significant procedural error and substantive reasonableness, and noting court's discretion to apply appellate presumption of reasonableness to sentence within advisory Guidelines range). The district court was authorized to run the sentences for the two counts at issue partially consecutively to achieve the total punishment that the district court determined was appropriate, see U.S.S.G. § 5G1.2(d), and the court was authorized to impose the sentence consecutively to Akers's undischarged state sentence, see U.S.S.G. § 5G1.3(c). In determining the sentence, the district court recognized, discussed, and applied relevant factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). This court has re viewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988) and finds no non-frivolous issues.
Counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, and the judgment is affirmed.
. The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.