United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 25-1737 ___________________________

United States of America

Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Michael Howard Collard

Defendant - Appellant ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Springfield ____________

Submitted: October 31, 2025 Filed: November 5, 2025 [Unpublished] ____________

Before LOKEN, BENTON, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM.

Michael Collard appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pled guilty to a child pornography offense pursuant to a plea agreement containing an

1 The Honorable Beth Phillips, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. appeal waiver. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court dismisses the appeal based on the appeal waiver.

Counsel moved for leave to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), acknowledging the appeal waiver but challenging the sentence as substantively unreasonable. Upon careful review, this court concludes that the appeal waiver is enforceable, the issue identified by counsel falls within the scope of the appeal waiver, the record shows that Collard entered into the plea agreement and the appeal waiver knowingly and voluntarily, 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) (appeal waiver will be enforced if appeal falls within scope of waiver, defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered into plea agreement and waiver, and enforcing waiver would not result in miscarriage of justice).

Having independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), this court finds no non-frivolous issues outside the scope of the appeal waiver.

The appeal is dismissed, and counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted. ______________________________

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