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Parties Involved:
Cortez Lamar Kellum
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit 

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No. 20-1200

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee

v.

Cortez Lamar Kellum

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines

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Submitted: June 9, 2020

Filed: June 12, 2020

[Unpublished] 

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Before ERICKSON, WOLLMAN, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Cortez Kellum appeals a below-Guidelines-range sentence of 6 months in 

prison for violating the conditions of supervised release. He challenges the 

substantive reasonableness of the sentence, and his attorney seeks permission to 

withdraw.

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We conclude that Kellum’s sentence is substantively reasonable. See United 

States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917 (8th Cir. 2009) (reviewing the reasonableness of 

a revocation sentence for an abuse of discretion). The record establishes that the 

district court1 sufficiently considered the statutory sentencing factors, 18 U.S.C. 

§§ 3553(a), 3583(e)(3), and did not rely on an improper factor or commit a clear 

error of judgment. See United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923–24 (8th Cir. 

2006). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment and grant counsel permission to 

withdraw.

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The Honorable Robert W. Pratt, United States District Judge for the Southern 

District of Iowa.

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