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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 26-1295 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Thomas D. Clegg lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City ____________ Submitted: November 6, 2026 Filed: November 12, 2026 [Unpublished] ____________ Before KELLY, BENTON, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Thomas Clegg appeals the within-Guidelines-range sentence the district court1 imposed after a jury found him guilty of conspiring to commit murder for hire and he 1 The Honorable Beth Phillips, United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri. pleaded guilty to a firearm offense. His counsel has moved to withdraw, and has filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), challenging the sentence as substantively unreasonable. Upon careful review, we conclude that the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence, as the court properly considered the factors listed in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and did not err in weighing the relevant factors. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 461 (8th Cir. 2009) (en banc) (reviewing substantive reasonableness of sentence under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard; abuse of discretion occurs when court fails to consider relevant factor, gives significant weight to improper or irrelevant factor, or commits clear error of judgment in weighing appropriate factors). We have independently reviewed the record pursuant to Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75 (1988), and have found no non-frivolous issues for appeal. Accordingly, we grant counsel leave to withdraw, and affirm. ______________________________ -2-