Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jeffrey Dale WIEDERHOLT, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-28
Citations: 563 F. App'x 502
Docket Number: No. 13-3013
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jeffrey Dale WIEDERHOLT, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 563
Pages: 502–502

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jeffrey Dale WIEDERHOLT, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-3013.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 23, 2014.
Filed: April 28, 2014.
William J. Raymond, Asst. Fed. Public Defender, Kansas City, MO (Stephen C. Moss, Acting Fed. Public Defender, on the brief), for appellant.
Patrick D. Daly, Asst. U.S. Atty., Kansas City, MO, for appellee.
Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jeffrey Wiederholt appeals the sentence that the district court imposed on him following his guilty plea to child-pornography offenses. On appeal, counsel for Wiederholt seeks leave to withdraw, and in a brief filed under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), he argues that the sentence is unreasonable.
The written plea agreement in this case contains an appeal waiver, which we will enforce. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir.2010) (standard of review). After careful review of the plea transcript in this case, we are satisfied that Wiederholt entered into both the plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, as demonstrated by his sworn responses to the district court's questions during the guilty-plea hearing. See Nguyen v. United States, 114 F.3d 699, 703 (8th Cir.1997) (defendant's statements made during plea hearing carry strong presumption of verity). The waiver covers the argument raised in this appeal, and we conclude that no miscarriage of justice would result from enforcing the appeal waiver in these circumstances. See United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir.2003) (en banc) (court should enforce appeal waiver and dismiss appeal where it falls within scope of waiver, plea agreement and waiver were entered into knowingly and voluntarily, and no miscarriage of justice would result).
Further, having reviewed 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 non-frivolous issues outside the scope of the waiver. Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed, and we grant counsel leave to withdraw.
. The Honorable Gary A. Fenner, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.