Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Scott Allen GIBBONS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-01-09
Citations: 549 F. App'x 601
Docket Number: No. 13-2173
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Scott Allen GIBBONS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 549
Pages: 601–602

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Scott Allen GIBBONS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-2173.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 30, 2013.
Filed: Jan. 9, 2014.
Before LOKEN, BOWMAN, GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Scott Gibbons pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2). The district court imposed a sentence of 168 months in prison and 10 years of supervised release. On appeal, Gibbons's counsel 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 is substantively unreasonable because it was greater than necessary to achieve the goals of sentencing.
We will apply a presumption of reasonableness to the sentence, which fell within the uncontested Guidelines range, and we therefore conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir.2009) (en banc) (standard of review). Further, having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.
. The Honorable Stephanie M. Rose, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.