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Parties Involved:
Kennan R. Mallory
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The HONORABLE DAVID S. DOTY, United States District Judge for the

District of Minnesota, sitting by designation.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-4054

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United States of America, *

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Plaintiff - Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Kennan R. Mallory, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Defendant - Appellant. *

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Submitted: June 12, 2006

Filed: August 24, 2006

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Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, ARNOLD, Circuit Judge, and DOTY,*

 District Judge.

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PER CURIAM.

Kennan R. Mallory pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine base in

May 2002. He was sentenced to 188 months in prison, but the sentence was later

reduced to 36 months as a result of the government’s motion under Rule 35(b) of the

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. Mallory began five years of supervised release

in July 2004. In November 2005, he admitted committing two violations of his

mandatory conditions of supervised release -- possession of drug paraphernalia and

the submission of nine urine samples that tested positive for controlled substances.

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The HONORABLE RICHARD G. KOPF, United States District Judge for the

District of Nebraska.

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The district court1

 revoked supervised release and imposed a revocation sentence of

sixty months in prison, the maximum penalty authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3).

Mallory appeals, arguing the sentence is unreasonable. We affirm.

Chapter 7 of the Sentencing Guidelines includes policy statements regarding

revocation sentences. Because policy statements are advisory, a sentencing court has

always been “entirely free” to impose a sentence outside the Chapter 7 suggested

range when a different sentence is warranted. United States v. Jasper, 338 F.3d 865,

867 (8th Cir. 2003). Thus, the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Booker,

543 U.S. 220 (2005), has had a “far less dramatic” impact on our review of revocation

sentences compared to sentences governed by formerly mandatory guidelines

provisions. United States v. Tyson, 413 F.3d 824, 825 (8th Cir. 2005). 

Mallory argues that the sixty-month sentence is excessive in view of the

sentencing range recommended in Chapter 7 and the sentencing factors set forth in 18

U.S.C. § 3553(a). He asserts that his suggested Chapter 7 sentencing range is four to

ten months because he committed two Grade C supervised release violations, see

U.S.S.G. § 7B1.1(a)(3), and has a criminal history category of II. The four-to-ten

month range may have been recommended by the probation officer and counsel, but

the district court made no such finding. Given Mallory’s admission that he submitted

eight urine samples testing positive for cocaine over a four-month period, it appears

to us that he likely committed one or more Grade A violations. See U.S.S.G.

§ 7B1.1(a)(1); 21 U.S.C. § 844(a). In that case, his Chapter 7 suggested range is 27-

33 months in prison. See U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4(a). Thus, Mallory’s contention that the

district court imposed a sentence 600% above the suggested guidelines range is

greatly exaggerated.

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The revocation sentence in this case bears a strong resemblance to the sixtymonth sentence we affirmed in United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921 (8th Cir. 2006).

First, like Mallory, Larison asserted that the district court ignored a dramatically lower

Chapter 7 suggested range, but Larison had also committed numerous drug-related

supervised release violations after completing his prison term for a prior drug offense.

Second, as in Larison, the district court noted that Mallory was the beneficiary of a

substantial downward departure reducing his prior sentence but then committed

numerous supervised release violations, conduct suggesting a high risk of future

crimes. The Guidelines expressly permit a sentencing court to consider this factor.

See U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4, comment. (n.4). Finally, as in Larison, the district court

expressly considered the sentencing factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) and

emphasized Mallory’s demonstrated need for intensive in-prison treatment of his

serious drug addiction. In these circumstances, we conclude that Mallory’s revocation

sentence was clearly reasonable. 

The judgment of the district court is affirmed.

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