Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Janelle ZOCH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-16
Citations: 599 F. App'x 616
Docket Number: No. 14-3616
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Janelle ZOCH, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BYE, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 599
Pages: 616–617

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Janelle ZOCH, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-3616.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 7, 2014.
Filed: April 16, 2015.
Forde Fairchild, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Sioux City, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Patrick Thomas Parry, Forker & Parry, Sioux City, IA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Janelle Zoch, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.
Before BYE, COLLOTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Janelle Zoch directly appeals the sentence the district court imposed after she pled guilty to conspiring to obstruct justice. Her counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief citing Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), acknowledging an ap peal waiver in Zoeh's plea agreement, and otherwise challenging Zoch's sentence.
Upon careful de novo review, we conclude that the appeal waiver is enforceable. See United States v. Andis, 338 F.3d 886, 889-90 (8th Cir.2003) (en banc) (appeal waiver will be enforced where appeal falls within scope of waiver, plea agreement and waiver were entered into knowingly and voluntarily, and no miscarriage of justice would result); see also United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir.2010) (de novo review of validity and applicability of appeal waiver). In addition, having reviewed the record independently under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no non-frivolous issues outside the scope of the appeal waiver. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal based upon the appeal waiver.
As for counsel's motion to withdraw, we conclude that allowing counsel to withdraw at this time would not be consistent with the Eighth Circuit's 1994 Amendment to Part V of the Plan to Implement The Criminal Justice Act of 1964. We therefore deny counsel's motion to withdraw as premature, without prejudice to counsel refiling the motion upon fulfilling the duties set forth in the Amendment.
Judge Colloton would grant counsel's motion to withdraw. See United States v. Eredia, 578 Fed.Appx. 620, 621 (8th Cir. 2014) (unpublished per curiam) (Colloton, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part.)
. The Honorable Mark W. Bennett, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa.