Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-31 16:00:44.648551+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 22-3329
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                             United States of America

                        lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

                                           v.

                            Charles Julius Webster, III

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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                    Appeal from United States District Court
                    for the Southern District of Iowa - Central
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                            Submitted: March 17, 2023
                              Filed: March 31, 2023
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before GRUENDER, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Charles Webster, III appeals after the district court1 revoked his supervised
release and sentenced him to 21 months in prison and 60 months of supervised

      1
      The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Iowa.
release. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the district court’s finding that a Grade
B violation occurred and the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.

       After careful review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not
clearly err in finding that Webster committed a Grade B violation of his supervised
release. See 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3) (providing for revocation of supervised release
if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant violated a
release condition); United States v. Black Bear, 542 F.3d 249, 252 (8th Cir. 2008)
(reviewing a decision to revoke supervised release for abuse of discretion and the
subsidiary finding as to whether a violation occurred for clear error).

       We also conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in imposing the
amended revocation sentence. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917-18 (8th
Cir. 2009). The revocation sentence is within the Guidelines range and accorded a
presumption of substantive reasonableness on appeal. See United States v. Perkins,
526 F.3d 1107, 1110 (8th Cir. 2008). Moreover, there is no indication that the district
court overlooked a relevant 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factor, gave significant weight to an
improper or irrelevant factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing the
relevant factors. See United States v. White Face, 383 F.3d 733, 740 (8th Cir. 2004).

      Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm.
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