Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Randy MULL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-05-01
Citations: 684 F. App'x 589
Docket Number: No. 16-3691
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Randy MULL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before COLLOTON, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 684
Pages: 589–590

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Randy MULL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-3691
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: April 28, 2017
Filed: May 1, 2017
Catherine A. Connelly, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Kansas City, MO, for-Plaintiff-Appellee
Randy Mull, Pro Se
Before COLLOTON, BOWMAN, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Randy Mull directly appeals the 30-year sentence imposed by the district court after he pleaded guilty to producing child pornography, pursuant to a written plea agreement that contained a waiver of the right to appeal his conviction and sentence. Mull's counsel has moved 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), counsel challenges the sentence as substantively unreasonable.
We will enforce the appeal waiver in this case, because our review of the record demonstrates that Mull entered into the plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily. The only argument presented falls within the scope of the appeal waiver, and 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). Having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for appeal falling outside the scope of the appeal waiver.
Accordingly, we grant counsel's motion to withdraw, and we dismiss this appeal.
. The Honorable Roseann A. Ketchmark, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri.