United States v. Marc Gibbons, No. 18-2519 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: Per Curiam - Before Loken, Colloton, and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right of appeal as part of the plea agreement, and his issue that his sentence is substantively unreasonable falls within the scope of the waiver; the appeal is dismissed. [ February 25, 2019
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 18-2519 ___________________________ United States of America, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee, v. Marc Gibbons, lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Sioux City ____________ Submitted: February 21, 2019 Filed: February 26, 2019 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, COLLOTON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Marc Gibbons directly appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to a firearm offense, pursuant to a plea agreement containing an appeal waiver. His counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the sentence as substantively unreasonable. We will enforce the appeal waiver in this case because our review of the record demonstrates that Gibbons entered into the plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, his challenge to the sentence falls within the scope of the appeal waiver, and no miscarriage of justice would result from enforcing the waiver. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir. 2010) (de novo review); United States v. Andis, 333 F.3d 886, 889-92 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc). Further, we have independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal outside the scope of the appeal waiver. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. ______________________________ 1 The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. -2-
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