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Staff Report//April 29, 2026//
Defendant appealed the above-Guidelines sentence imposed following his guilty plea to a firearm offense, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.
Where the district court considered the statutory sentencing factors, including the mitigating factors highlighted by defendant, there was no abuse of discretion as the district court had conducted an individualized assessment.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Thomas (MLW No. 84660/Case No. 24-3627 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Rudofsky, J.
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