Case Name: UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Laquetta HUGHES Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-10-11
Citations: 698 F. App'x 326
Docket Number: No. 17-1758
Parties: UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Laquetta HUGHES Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 698
Pages: 326–326

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee v. Laquetta HUGHES Defendant-Appellant
No. 17-1758
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: October 5, 2017
Filed: October 11, 2017
Martin Joseph McLaughlin, Lisa C. Williams, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Jacob Alden Schunk, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Plaintiff-Appellee
Laquetta Hughes, Pro Se
Heather Quick, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Northern District of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, IA, for Defendant-Appellant
Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Laquetta Hughes directly appeals the sentence the district court imposed after she pled guilty to a firearm charge. Her counsel has moved for leave 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 the sentence is substantively unreasonable. Hughes has filed a pro se brief, also arguing that her sentence is substantively unreasonable.
Having reviewed the record, we conclude that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions); see also United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d 754, 760 (8th Cir. 2014) (on appeal, within-Guidelines-range sentence may be presumed reasonable). In addition, we have independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), and have found no nonfrivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed, and counsel is granted leave to withdraw.
. The Honorable Linda R. Reade, United States District Judge for the Northern District oflowa.