Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dennis Ray GRAVEN, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-04-12
Citations: 8 F. App'x 575
Docket Number: No. 00-2025
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dennis Ray GRAVEN, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 8
Pages: 575–575

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Dennis Ray GRAVEN, Appellant.
No. 00-2025.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted April 6, 2001.
Filed April 12, 2001.
Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, HANSEN, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dennis Ray Graven pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, and the district court sentenced him to 120 months imprisonment (the statutory minimum) and 4 years supervised release. On appeal, his counsel has filed a brief and moved to withdraw pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), and Graven has not filed a pro se supplemental brief.
Counsel challenges, on due process and separation-of-powers grounds, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e)'s requirement of a government motion before the district court may impose a sentence below the statutory minimum. This challenge is foreclosed by our precedent. See United States v. Kelley, 956 F.2d 748, 752 (8th Cir.1992) (en banc) (upholding, against separation-of-powers and due process challenges, U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 requirement of government motion before district court may depart from Guidelines); see also United States v. Marks, 244 F.3d 971, 973 n. 1 (8th Cir. 2001) (equating § 5K1.1 and § 3553(e)); Kelley, 956 F.2d at 751 n. 3 (same).
Having reviewed the record independently pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court, and we grant counsel's motion to withdraw.
. The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.