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Parties Involved:
Lorenzo Diaz
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 14-3438

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United States of America

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

Lorenzo Diaz

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids

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 Submitted: February 24, 2015

Filed: March 2, 2015

[Unpublished]

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Before MURPHY, BOWMAN, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges. 

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PER CURIAM.

At a revocation hearing, Lorenzo Diaz admitted that he had committed several

Class C violations of his release conditions while he was serving his third period of

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supervised release. The District Court revoked supervised release and sentenced 1

Diaz to 14 months in prison and additional supervised release through March 31,

2019. For reversal, Diaz argues that the District Court abused its discretion by

improperly balancing the sentencing factors.

After careful review of the record, we conclude that the District Court did not

abuse its discretion. See United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 915–16 (8th Cir.

2009) (standard of review). The court properly calculated and considered the

Guidelines revocation range; stated that it had considered relevant factors under 18

U.S.C. § 3553(a), including Diaz’s criminal history, poor adjustment to supervised

release, and health issues; and sentenced him within the recommended Guidelines

revocation range despite the government’s request for a higher sentence. See 18

U.S.C. § 3583(e); United States v. Petreikis, 551 F.3d 822, 824 (8th Cir. 2009)

(applying a presumption of substantive reasonableness to a revocation sentence

within the Guidelines range).

Accordingly, we affirm the judgment, and we grant counsel leave to withdraw. 

We direct counsel to inform appellant about the procedures for filing a petition for

rehearing and for certiorari.

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The Honorable Linda R. Reade, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

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the Northern District of Iowa.

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