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Parties Involved:
James Parnell Robinson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

JULY 9, 2010

JOHN LEY

CLERK

[DO NOT PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

 FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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 No. 10-10052 

Non-Argument Calendar

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 D.C. Docket No. 4:07-cr-00003-CDL-GMF-5

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

JAMES PARNELL ROBINSON,

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant.

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 Appeal from the United States District Court for the

 Middle District of Georgia

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(July 9, 2010)

Before DUBINA, Chief Judge, MARCUS and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant James Parnell Robinson appeals the district court’s order

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revoking his supervised release and imposing a term of imprisonment of nine

months. On appeal, Robinson contends that the evidence at his revocation

hearing was insufficient for the district court to conclude that he voluntarily

departed the Avanti Wellness Center’s treatment program and thereby violated

the terms of his supervised release by failing to complete the program.

“Under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e), a district court may, upon finding by a

preponderance of the evidence that a defendant has violated a condition of

supervised release, revoke the term of supervised release and impose a term of

imprisonment.” United States v. Sweeting, 437 F.3d 1105, 1107 (11th Cir.

2006). We review for abuse of discretion a district court’s decision to revoke

supervised release. United States v. Frazier, 26 F.3d 110, 112 (11th Cir. 1994). 

We give deference to the district court’s factual findings unless clearly

erroneous. See United States v. Almand, 992 F.2d 316, 318 (11th Cir. 1993). 

We generally will not review the factfinder’s determination of credibility. See

United States v. Copeland, 20 F.3d 412, 413 (11th Cir. 1994).

The testimony of Tracy Arnold, a case manager at Avanti, establishes by a

preponderance of the evidence that Robinson failed to complete the program at

Avanti because he voluntarily left the program to seek medical treatment. 

Although Robinson contends that he was “constructively discharged,” the

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district court found Arnold’s testimony to be credible, so its conclusion that

Robinson left on his own accord, even though he could have received the proper

medical treatment at Avanti, was not clearly erroneous. Therefore, because

Robinson failed to complete the program as required by the terms of his

supervised release, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its

discretion in revoking his supervised release. Accordingly, we affirm its order.

 AFFIRMED.

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