United States v. Ryan Horn, No. 15-2330 (8th Cir. 2016)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Wollman, Arnold and Smith, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Anders case. Sentence was not substantively unreasonable. [ February 12, 2016
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 15-2330 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee v. Ryan Douglas Horn lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids ____________ Submitted: February 10, 2016 Filed: February 16, 2016 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, ARNOLD, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Ryan Horn directly appeals after he pled guilty to a drug offense and a firearm offense and the district court1 imposed a within-Guidelines-range sentence. His 1 The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), arguing that Horn’s sentence is substantively unreasonable. After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. David, 682 F.3d 1074, 1076-77 (8th Cir. 2012) (discussing appellate review of sentencing decisions). Furthermore, having independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no nonfrivolous issues. The judgment is affirmed. ______________________________ -2-
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