Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Chucky L. WANTON, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-10-18
Citations: 251 F. App'x 370
Docket Number: No. 06-3502
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Chucky L. WANTON, Appellant.
Judges: Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 251
Pages: 370–371

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Chucky L. WANTON, Appellant.
No. 06-3502.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 27, 2007.
Filed: Oct. 18, 2007.
Kenneth Elser, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fort Smith, AR, for Appellee.
Chucky L. Wanton, Texarkana, TX, pro se.
Joseph Clayton Self, The Self Law Firm, Fort Smith, AR, for Appellant.
Before BYE, RILEY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
[UNPUBLISHED]

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Chucky L. Wanton appeals the 135-month prison sentence the district court imposed after he pleaded guilty to distributing more than 50 grams of crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(l)(A)(iii). In a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Wanton's counsel seeks to withdraw and questions the sentence's reasonableness.
We conclude that Wanton's sentence — at the bottom of the applicable Guidelines range, and imposed following proper consideration of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors — is not unreasonable. See Rita v. United States, — U.S. -, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 2467-68, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007) (allowing appellate presumption of reasonableness for sentences within Guidelines range); United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 261, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005) (appellate courts review sentences for unreasonableness using § 3553(a) as guide). After reviewing the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues.
Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw, and we affirm.
. The Honorable Robert T. Dawson, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.