Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-14 15:01:58.48535+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:37:28.551379
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United States Court of Appeals
                           For the Eighth Circuit
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                               No. 23-2975
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                             United States of America

                        lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

                                           v.

                            Rasheka Monique Mickeal

                      lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant
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                    Appeal from United States District Court
                       for the Southern District of Iowa
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                            Submitted: March 7, 2024
                             Filed: March 14, 2024
                                 [Unpublished]
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Before COLLOTON,1 KELLY, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      1
       Judge Colloton became chief judge of the circuit on March 11, 2024. See 28
U.S.C. § 45(a)(1).
       Rasheka Mickeal appeals the sentence the district court2 imposed after she pled
guilty to possessing a firearm as an unlawful user of controlled substances. Her
counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.

       After careful review, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion
in sentencing Mickeal. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir.
2009) (en banc) (standard of review); see also United States v. Callaway, 762 F.3d
754, 760-61 (8th Cir. 2014) (presuming sentence reasonable if within United States
Sentencing Guidelines Manual range). Further, having independently reviewed the
record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues for
appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw and affirm.
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      2
        The Honorable Stephanie M. Rose, Chief Judge, United States District Court
for the Southern District of Iowa.

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