Case Name: UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Allen Dwight GAILLIOT Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-07-25
Citations: 693 F. App'x 485
Docket Number: No. 16-4572
Parties: UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Allen Dwight GAILLIOT Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 693
Pages: 485–485

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Allen Dwight GAILLIOT Defendant-Appellant
No. 16-4572
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: July 19, 2017
Filed: July 25, 2017
Denis Dean, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Allen Dwight Gailliot, Pro Se
Before GRUENDER, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Allen Gailliot directly appeals after he pled guilty to a drug offense and the district court sentenced him to a prison term below the calculated Guidelines range. His 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 Gailliot's sentence is substantively unreasonable.
Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (sentences are reviewed under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard; discussing substantive reasonableness); see also United States v. McCauley, 715 F.3d 1119, 1127 (8th Cir. 2013) (noting that when district court has varied below Guidelines range, it is "nearly inconceivable" that court abused its discretion in not varying downward further). In addition, having independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw, and we affirm.
. The Honorable Timothy L. Brooks, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas.