United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 19-1718 ___________________________

United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Kenneth Craig James

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines ____________

Submitted: October 23, 2019 Filed: October 24, 2019 [Unpublished] ____________

Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Kenneth James appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw and has filed a brief

1 The Honorable James E. Gritzner, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.

After careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461-62 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (discussing abuse-of-discretion review of sentence for substantive reasonableness). Having independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), we find no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion, and we affirm. ______________________________

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