United States Court of Appeals
                            For the Eighth Circuit
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                                No. 16-4430
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                             United States of America

                        lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

                                           v.

                                  Randel Branscum

                      lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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                     Appeal from United States District Court
                 for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
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                              Submitted: July 3, 2017
                               Filed: July 12, 2017
                                  [Unpublished]
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Before BENTON, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Randel Branscum appeals after he pleaded guilty with a written plea agreement
to a civil rights offense and the District Court1 imposed the agreed-upon sentence.

      1
       The Honorable Brian S. Miller, Chief Judge, United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Branscum’s counsel has moved for leave to withdraw and has filed a brief under
Anders v. California, 

(1967), questioning whether Branscum received
effective assistance of counsel.

       We decline to address the ineffective-assistance claim on direct appeal. See
United States v. Ramirez-Hernandez, 

, 826–27 (8th Cir. 2006) (noting
that ineffective-assistance claims “are usually best litigated in collateral proceedings”
where the record can be properly developed). We have reviewed the record under
Penson v. Ohio, 

, 80 (1988), and we have found no non-frivolous issues
for appeal. We affirm the judgment, and we grant counsel’s motion for leave to
withdraw.
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