United States v. Hala Alalewi, No. 19-3244 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseCourt Description: [Per Curiam - Before Colloton, Gruender and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Criminal law. Anders case. Defendant's appeal waiver is valid, enforceable and applicable to this appeal, and the appeal is dismissed. [ August 04, 2020 ]
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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 19-3244 ___________________________ United States of America, lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee, v. Hala Alalewi, lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant. ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis ____________ Submitted: July 31, 2020 Filed: August 5, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, GRUENDER, and GRASZ, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Hala Alalewi appeals the sentence imposed by the district court1 after Alalewi pleaded guilty to fraud offenses. Her counsel has filed a brief under Anders v. 1 The Honorable Audrey G. Fleissig, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), seeking leave to withdraw and acknowledging an appeal waiver in Alalewi’s plea agreement. We will enforce the appeal waiver in this case because we conclude that the waiver is valid, enforceable, and applicable to this appeal. See United States v. Scott, 627 F.3d 702, 704 (8th Cir. 2010); 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 grant counsel leave to withdraw, and dismiss this appeal. ______________________________ -2-
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