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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vincent Lee EVANS, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 11-30112.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Feb. 21, 2012.
    
    Filed Feb. 24, 2012.
    Thomas Bradley, Jo Ann Farrington, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Kyle G. French, Assistant U.S., U.S. Department of Justice, Anchorage, AK, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Mary C. Geddes, Esquire, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Anchorage, AK, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Before: FERNANDEZ, McKEOWN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
    
   MEMORANDUM

Vincent Lee Evans appeals from the 72-month sentence imposed following his guilty-plea conviction for possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

Evans first contends that the district court committed procedural error by failing to consider the mitigating evidence set forth in his psychological evaluation. This contention fails because the record reflects that the court did consider this evidence in selecting Evans’s sentence. See United States v. Perez-Perez, 512 F.3d 514, 516-17 (9th Cir.2008).

Evans also contends that the sentence is substantively unreasonable because it overemphasizes the need for deterrence and fails to account for his mitigating characteristics. In light of the totality of the circumstances and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors, Evans’s below-Guidelines sentence is substantively reasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).

Finally, Evans contends that the district court erred by imposing a special condition of supervised release requiring him to submit to alcohol testing. This contention fails because the condition is reasonably related to the sentencing goals of deterrence and rehabilitation, and “involve[s] no greater deprivation of liberty than is reasonably necessary” in light of these goals. See United States v. Rearden, 349 F.3d 608, 618 (9th Cir.2003) (quotation marks and citation omitted).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).