Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-04 16:00:53.820164+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 23-2114
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                             United States of America

                        lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

                                           v.

                                  Jesyka S. Peirce

                       lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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                    Appeal from United States District Court
                      for the Western District of Missouri
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                          Submitted: September 29, 2023
                             Filed: October 4, 2023
                                 [Unpublished]
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Before LOKEN, SHEPHERD, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Jesyka Peirce appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after she pled
guilty to a drug offense. The plea came pursuant to a plea agreement in which Peirce

      1
      The Honorable Roseann A. Ketchmark, United States District Judge for the
Western District of Missouri.
waived her right to an appeal. Her counsel has moved for leave to withdraw and filed
a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive
reasonableness of the sentence.

      Upon careful review, we conclude the appeal waiver is valid, enforceable, and
applicable to the issue raised in this appeal. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702,
704 (8th Cir. 2010) (reviewing validity and applicability of appeal waiver de novo);
United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (enforcing
appeal waiver if appeal falls within scope of waiver, defendant knowingly and
voluntarily entered into plea agreement and waiver, and it would not result in
miscarriage of justice). We have also independently reviewed the record under
Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for
appeal falling outside the scope of the appeal waiver. Accordingly, we dismiss the
appeal based on the appeal waiver and grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.
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