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Staff Report//March 11, 2026//

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Criminal Law-Supervised Release Revocation-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

Criminal Law-Supervised Release Revocation-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence

Staff Report//March 11, 2026//

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Defendant appealed the sentence imposed following the revocation of his supervised release, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence by arguing that the district court failed to give sufficient weight to his mitigating factors.  

Where the district court adequately considered defendant’s substance abuse and mental health issues and balanced them against defendant’s pattern of misconduct, there was no abuse of discretion in sentencing.  

Judgment is affirmed. 

U.S. v. Rusher (MLW No. 84447/Case No. 24-2732 – 4 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Brooks, J. (Christopher Aaron Holt, AFPD, Fayetteville, AR and Kevin Lammers, AFPD, Fayetteville, AR for appellant) (David A. Harris, AUSA, Fort Smith, AR for appellee) 

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