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Staff Report//April 29, 2026//
Defendant appealed the above-Guidelines sentence imposed following the revocation of her supervised release, challenging the substantive reasonableness of the sentence.
Where the district court adequately considered the relevant statutory sentencing factors, there was no abuse of discretion in varying upward from the Guidelines range due to defendant’s conduct on supervised release.
Judgment is affirmed.
U.S. v. Patterson (MLW No. 84656/Case No. 25-2086 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Brooks, J.
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