Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Danny LOUIE, also known as Danny M. Louie, also known as Danny Louis, also known as Dan Louie, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-03
Citations: 575 F. App'x 704
Docket Number: No. 14-1726
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Danny LOUIE, also known as Danny M. Louie, also known as Danny Louis, also known as Dan Louie, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 575
Pages: 704–704

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Danny LOUIE, also known as Danny M. Louie, also known as Danny Louis, also known as Dan Louie, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-1726.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 3, 2014.
Filed: Sept. 26, 2014.
Anita L. Burns, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO (Laine Cardarel-la, Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.
Rebecca J. Terry, Spec. Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, for appellee.
Before MURPHY, BOWMAN and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Danny Louie directly appeals the sentence the district court imposed after he pled guilty to a drug charge. His counsel 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 Louie received ineffective assistance of counsel and the government engaged in prosecutorial misconduct.
This court declines to consider Louie's ineffective assistance claims on direct appeal. See United States v. McAdory, 501 F.3d 868, 872-73 (8th Cir.2007) (ineffective-assistance claims are ordinarily deferred to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceedings). There is no merit to Louie's prosecutorial misconduct claims. See United States v. New, 491 F.3d 369, 377 (8th Cir.2007) (to obtain reversal based on prosecutorial misconduct, defendant must show prosecutor's remarks or conduct were improper). An independent review of the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), reveals no non-frivolous issues.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed, and counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, subject to counsel informing Louie about procedures for seeking rehearing or filing a petition for certiorari.
. The Honorable Howard F. Sachs, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.