Where a defendant appealed his sentence after pleading guilty to a firearm offense, the district court did not impose a substantively unreasonable sentence, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Gary (MLW No. 74292/Case No. 19-1971 – ...

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Where a defendant challenged his sentence, arguing that the district court committed procedural error by denying his request for a downward variance, the transcript showed that the court recognized its authority to vary downward, considered the relevant factors and adequately ...

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Where a defendant appealed after the district court revoked his supervised release and sentenced him to 24 months in prison followed by 24 months of supervised release, the revocation sentence was not substantively unreasonable because it was within the advisory-guidelines ...

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Where a defendant in a drug-conspiracy case argued that his sentence was substantively unreasonable, the district court did not abuse its discretion in weighing the defendant’s mental health with his criminal conduct, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. ...

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Where a defendant challenged his sentence after the revocation of his supervised release, the sentence was not unreasonable due to the multiple violations of the terms of supervised release and his drug use, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is ...

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Where a defendant challenged his sentence after pleading guilty to a drug offense, the judgment is affirmed because the sentence was substantively reasonable. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. James (MLW No. 74059/Case No. 19-1718 – 2 pages) (U.S. Court of ...

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Where a defendant in a child-pornography case challenged his sentence, the district court properly considered and weighed the relevant factors, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Farver (MLW No. 73932/Case No. 19-1255 – 2 pages) (U.S. ...

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Where a defendant in a fraud case challenged his 120-month sentence, the sentence was presumed reasonable because it was in the guidelines range, and the judgment is affirmed because the defendant did not show that the district court erred in ...

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Where a defendant who pleaded guilty to receipt of child pornography challenged his sentence, the sentence was not substantively unreasonable, and there were no nonfrivolous issues for appeal, so the judgment is affirmed. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Berry (MLW ...

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Where a defendant challenged his sentence in an identity-theft case, the court declines to hear his pro se ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, and the judgment is affirmed because the sentence was not substantively unreasonable. Judgment is affirmed. U.S. v. Martin (MLW No. ...

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Defendant pleaded guilty to a drug offense and the district court sentenced him to a prison term below the calculated Guidelines range. On appeal, defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of sentence. Where the record did not support a finding that ...

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