United States v. Adrian Rogers

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 25-2393 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Adrian W. Rogers lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ___________________________ No. 25-2395 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Adrian W. Rogers lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeals from United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Central ____________ Submitted: May 22, 2026 Filed: May 28, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before LOKEN, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

In these consolidated appeals, Adrian Rogers challenges the sentences the district court1 imposed after revoking his supervised release in two cases. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, arguing the sentences are substantively unreasonable. Rogers has filed a pro se brief, arguing that the sentences are excessive and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel.

Upon careful review, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing a substantively unreasonable sentence upon revoking Rogers's supervised release. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917 (8th Cir. 2009) (standard of review); United States v. Cotroneo, 89 F.3d 510, 512 (8th Cir. 1996).

We decline to consider Rogers's ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims on direct appeal. See United States v. Ramirez-Hernandez, 449 F.3d 824, 827 (8th Cir. 2006).

Accordingly, we affirm. We grant counsel's motion to withdraw but note that counsel may need to advise Mr. Rogers of his option to seek Supreme Court review of this decision. ______________________________

The Honorable Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa. -2-