United States v. L.C. Myrick

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 26-1520 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. L.C. Myrick lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________ Submitted: July 27, 2026 Filed: July 30, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before ERICKSON, GRASZ, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM.

L.C. Myrick appeals the sentence the district court1 imposed after he pled guilty to a firearm offense pursuant to a plea agreement with an appeal waiver. His counsel has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.

Upon careful review, we conclude that the appeal waiver is valid, enforceable, and applicable to the issue raised in this appeal. 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- (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (waiver will be enforced if appeal falls within the scope of waiver, defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered into waiver and plea agreement, and enforcing waiver would not result in miscarriage of justice; allegation that court abused discretion not subject to appeal in face of valid waiver). No miscarriage of justice will result from enforcing the appeal waiver. Hunter v. United States, 146 S. Ct. 1702, 1713 (2026).

We have independently reviewed the record under Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. (1988), and have found no nonfrivolous issues outside the scope of the waiver.

Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw and dismiss this appeal. ______________________________