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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Dis tri ct of S ou th Dako ta - Sio ux Fal ls

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Su bm it te d: Marc h 6 , 20 17 Fi le d: Marc h 1 6, 2 01 7 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re BENTON, BEAM, an d M URPHY, Ci rcu it Ju dg es

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PER CURI AM.

Max Bo ld en ap pe al s hi s sen te nc e– ni ne m on th s' im pr is on m en t to be fo ll owe d by fiv e ye a r s of su pe rv is ed rel eas e– fo ll owi ng th e di st ric t co ur t's rev oc at io n of hi s 1

The Hon or ab le Karen E. Sch rei er, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e Dis tri ct 1 of So ut h Dak ot a.su pe rv is ed rel eas e. Bo ld en co nt en ds th e ni ne -m on th se nt en ce w a s su bs ta nt iv el y

un reas on ab le be cau se th e di st ric t co ur t di d no t co ns i d e r th e m it ig at in g fact or s th at Bo ld en su gg es t e d a t s e n te nc in g. Bo ld en 's ad vi so ry Gui de li ne s ran ge was si x to twel ve m on th s in pr is on , an d an ad di ti on al pe rio d of su pe rv is ed r el eas e co ul d be im po se d fo r an y te rm of y ears to li fe. Bo ld en do es no t ch al le ng e th e rev oc at io n it se lf

an d in fact ad m it te d to each of th e vi ol at io ns

. Nor do es Bo ld en ap pe ar to cha ll en ge th e fi ve -y ear p eri od of s up erv is ed rel eas e.

A rev ie w of th e Bu reau of Pri so ns reco rd s in di cat es th at Bo ld en ha s se rv ed hi s ni n e

- m on th te rm an d ha s be en rel eas ed

. Bec au se Bo ld en do es no t ex pr es sl y ch al le ng e th e rev oc at io n it se lf, or th e reas on ab le ne ss of th e pe rio d o f s u p e r vi se d rel eas e, hi s ap pe al is li ke ly m oo t be cau se he ha s be en rel eas ed fro m cu st od y

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St at es v. Ade n, 83 0 F.3 d 81 2, 81 6 (8 th Ci r. 20 16 ). Howev er, to the ex te nt Bo ld en 's br ie f can be r e a d to ad di ti on al ly in cl ud e a ch al le ng e to th e fiv e-year pe rio d of

su pe rv is ed rel eas e, we fin d th at th e di st ric t co ur t di d no t ab us e it s di sc ret io n in im po si ng th e cu rren t se nt en ce. The reco rd in di cat es th at th e di st ric t co ur t co ns id ered
Bo ld en 's m it ig at io n arg um en ts an d in fact en ga ge d in a le ng th y co ll oq uy wit h Bo ld en whe rei n th e co ur t de te rm in ed th at Bo ld en ha d no t acce pt ed r e sp on si bi li ty fo r hi s vi ol at io ns

. Fu rth er, Bo ld en 's pe nc ha nt fo r vi ol at in g th e co nd it io ns of su pe rv is ed rel eas e b y

dri nk in g a lc oh ol , tak in g il le ga l dru gs , and m is si ng req ui red uri ne tes ti ng in di cat ed a ne ed fo r an ot he r le ng th y pe rio d of su pe rv is ed rel eas e fo ll owi ng Bo ld en 's di sc ha rg e fro m cu st od y

. The wit hi n- Gui de li ne s- ran ge se nt en ce ul ti m at el y im po se d by th e di s t r i c t co ur t was em in en tl y reas on ab le

. Uni te d St at es v. Bo el te r, 80 6 F.3 d
11 34 , 11 36 (8t h C ir. 2 01 5) (rea so na bl en es s s ta nd ard of r ev ie w). W e aff irm.

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