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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 19-10328

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 2:04-cr-14027-KAM-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff-Appellee,

 versus

IVORY CHARLES BRINSON, 

 Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Florida

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(October 4, 2019)

Before MARCUS, WILLIAM PRYOR and GRANT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

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Ivory Charles Brinson, a federal prisoner, appeals his sentence of 27 months 

of imprisonment and supervised release for life following the third revocation of 

his supervised release. Brinson argues that his sentence is procedurally and 

substantively unreasonable. We affirm.

Brinson’s sentence is procedurally reasonable. The district court correctly 

calculated that Brinson had an advisory guidelines range of 21 to 27 months of 

imprisonment for violating four conditions of his supervised release. Brinson 

argues that the district court ignored his request for a sentence at the low end of his 

sentencing range based on his health and age, but the district court “carefully 

considered the statements of all parties” in fashioning an appropriate sentence. The 

district court also provided a reasoned basis for its decision to sentence Brinson at 

the high end of his sentencing range and to reimpose a term of supervised release 

for life. See United States v. Dorman, 488 F.3d 936, 944 (11th Cir. 2007). The 

district court stated that its sentence was based on “the information contained in the 

violation report” and Brinson’s history of having violated the terms of his 

supervised release less than six months after receiving a grant of executive 

clemency and of reoffending a few months after serving an additional 14 months in 

prison.

Brinson’s sentence also is substantively reasonable. While on supervised 

release, Brinson tested positive four times for using marijuana. After his fourth 

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violation, he served a term of imprisonment, which failed to deter him from 

unlawfully possessing and using marijuana on four more occasions, submitting a 

urine specimen that tested positive for cocaine, and using cocaine and possessing 

drug paraphernalia while associating with drug dealers. Brinson even violated the 

law while on bond by using marijuana after leaving an inpatient drug facility on 

the false pretense of seeking treatment for heart issues. The district court 

reasonably determined that a within-guidelines sentence of 27 months of 

imprisonment followed by a life term of supervised release was required to punish 

Brinson for his refusal to comply with and disrespect for the law, to deter future 

similar crimes, and to provide treatment for his drug and alcohol addictions. See 18 

U.S.C. § 3553; United States v. Brinson, 693 F. App’x 858, 859 (11th Cir. 2017) 

(affirming supervised release for life following first revocation). And the decision 

to weigh heavily Brinson’s criminal history was “entirely consistent with § 3553(a) 

because five of the factors it requires a court to consider are related to criminal 

history.” United States v. Rosales-Bruno, 789 F.3d 1249, 1263 (11th Cir. 2015).

The district court did not abuse its discretion.

We AFFIRM Brinson’s sentence.

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