Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carlos Maurice HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-02-12
Citations: 497 F. App'x 694
Docket Number: No. 12-2200
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carlos Maurice HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 497
Pages: 694–695

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Carlos Maurice HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-2200.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 5, 2013.
Filed: Feb. 12, 2013.
James Lackner, U.S. Attorney’s Office, St. Paul, MN, Steven L. Schleicher, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Carlos Maurice Harris, Leavenworth, KS, pro se.
Katherine M. Menendez, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Minneapolis, MN, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before LOKEN, MELLOY, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Carlos Harris appeals the 300-month prison term the district court imposed after he pled guilty to a firearm-related charge. Harris's 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), arguing that the sentence is unreasonable.
Harris entered his guilty plea pursuant to a Fed.R.Crim.P. 11(c)(1)(C) plea agreement, which set forth the parties' agreement to a term of imprisonment of no less than 264 months and no greater than 360 months, and which contained Harris's waiver of his right to appeal his sentence except if the court were to impose a prison term greater than 360 months. Upon careful review, this court concludes that the appeal waiver precludes Harris's challenge to his sentence because (1) counsel's argument falls squarely within the scope of the waiver, (2) the record shows that Harris entered into the plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, and (3) no miscarriage of justice would result from enforcing the waiver. See United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir.2003) (en banc) (setting forth criteria for enforcing appeal waiver); see also United States v. Azure, 571 F.3d 769, 772 (8th Cir.2008) (de novo review of whether defendant waived appeal right).
Finally, having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), this court finds no nonfrivolous issues for appeal.
Counsel's motion to withdraw is granted, and the appeal is dismissed.
. The Honorable Richard H. Kyle, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota.