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Parties Involved:
Terry D. Nading
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Dean Whipple, United States District Judge for the Western

District of Missouri.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 06-2932

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United States of America, *

*

Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the Western

* District of Missouri.

Terry D. Nading, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: May 22, 2007

Filed: May 30, 2007

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Before SMITH, GRUENDER, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Terry Nading appeals the 24-month prison sentence the district court1

 imposed

upon revoking his supervised release. We affirm.

Nading originally pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine and cocaine

base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (a Class B felony), and was sentenced to 169

months in prison and 5 years of supervised release. See 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(B)

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(40-year maximum prison term); 18 U.S.C. § 3559(a)(3) (offense classification). He

began serving his supervised release in August 2004, and was arrested for violating

his release conditions in late 2005 after several of his sweat patch tests were positive

for methamphetamine use. At a July 2006 revocation hearing, Nading conceded the

positive sweat patches, but he denied any drug use, though he could not explain the

test results. The district court--aware of the recommended Guidelines imprisonment

range of 7-14 months--reviewed Nading’s criminal history and his conduct on

supervised release; stated that it had considered 18 U.S.C. § 3553; and sentenced

Nading to 24 months in prison, with no further supervised release term.

We hold that the district court did not clearly err in its findings or abuse its

discretion in revoking Nading’s supervised release. See United States v. Meyer, No.

06-2961, 2007 WL 1201880, at *3-*4 (8th Cir. Apr. 25, 2007) (standard of review;

sweat patch results are “generally reliable”; noting there may be instances where

offenders “offer compelling reasons” to doubt positive test results, but rejecting

offender’s unsupported explanation). We further hold that the 24-month sentence was

not unreasonable: the sentence was within statutory limits, see 18 U.S.C.

§ 3583(e)(3), and was based upon the district court’s consideration of appropriate

factors under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), see United States v. Tyson, 413 F.3d 824, 825-26

(8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam) (revocation sentences are reviewed for unreasonableness

in accordance with United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005); sentence in excess

of recommended Guidelines range which was grounded in concerns regarding

defendant’s past behavior was not unreasonable); United States v. Franklin, 397 F.3d

604, 606-07 (8th Cir. 2005) (although Guidelines recommended 8-14 months,

24-month revocation sentence was not abuse of discretion where transcript showed

court was aware of defendant’s multiple violations and of Guidelines range and

statutory maximum). 

Finally, we reject as meritless Nading’s remaining arguments: there is no

mention in the record of any sentencing agreement between Nading and the probation

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office; the record reflects that the district court was aware of Nading’s personal

circumstances; the policy statements in Chapter 7 are not binding on the district court

and thus are not laws within the meaning of the Ex Post Facto Clause, see United

States v. Levi, 2 F.3d 842, 845 (8th Cir. 1993); time spent in a residential community

center is not “official detention” for purposes of sentencing credit, see Moreland v.

United States, 968 F.2d 655, 657-660 (8th Cir. 1992); and we have upheld the Bureau

of Prisons method of calculating good-conduct time, see Bernitt v. Martinez, 432 F.3d

868, 869 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam). 

Accordingly, we affirm. Counsel’s motion to withdraw is granted.

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