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Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t fo r th e Weste rn Dis tri ct of M is so ur i - Kan sa s C it y

__ __ __ __ __ __ Su bm it te d: Feb ru ary 11 , 20 13 Fi le d: Marc h 1 5, 2 01 3 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re LOKEN, BOW MAN, an d S HEPHERD, Circ ui t J ud ge s.

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Ken ne th Perk in s app eal s th e se nt en ce im po se d by th e Dis tri ct Co ur t aft er he 1 pl ead ed gu il ty to es cap in g fro m th e cu st od y of th e tra ns it io na l ha lfwa y ho us e whe re

The Hon or ab le Gary A. Fen ne r, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e W es te rn 1 Dis tri ct of M is so ur i.he was co nf in e d u n de r a fed eral cri m in al jud gm en t. See 18 U.S.C. § 75 1( a). On
ap pe a l, he arg ue s th at be cau se th e co ur t im po se d a th ree- y ear pe rio d of su pe rv is ed rel eas e to be se rv ed aft er co m pl et io n of an ei gh te en -m on th te rm of im pr is on m en t, hi s

se nt en ce is lo ng er th an ne ces sa ry to se rv e th e go al s of se nt en ci ng an d is th us

su bs ta nt iv el y

un reas on ab le . W e aff

irm.

W e rev ie w th e su bs ta nt iv e reas on ab le ne ss o f a se nt en ce un de r a de fere nt ia l ab us e-o f-d is cret io n st an da rd
, Gall v. Uni te d St a t e s , 5 5 2 U.S. 38 , 51 (2 00 7)
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se nt en ce wit hi n a pr op erl y cal cu la te d U.S. Sen te nc in g Gui de li ne s ran ge is pr es um ed
to be reas on ab l e, Uni te d St at es v. Pet rei ki s, 55 1 F.3 d 82 2, 82 4 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 ). Perk in s do es no t co nt es t th e Gui de li ne s ran ge reco m m en de d i n t h e pr es en te nc e in ve st ig at io n rep or t an d ad op te d by th e Dis tri ct Co ur t. Rat he r, Perk in s arg ue s th at hi s

se nt en ce be cam e su bs ta nt iv el y un reas on ab le whe n th e c o u r t i m po se d a pe rio d of

su pe rv is ed rel eas e to be se rv ed aft er hi s un co nt es te d te r m of im pr is on m en t. W e

co nc lu de t h a t t h e D is tri ct Co ur t di d no t ab us e it s di sc ret io n by im po si ng th e th reey ear te rm of su pe rv is ed rel eas e—a te rm th at was au th or iz ed by st at ut e. See 18 U.S.C. § 35 83 (a) (au th or iz in g co ur t to i mp os e a te rm of su pe rv is ed rel eas e aft er im pr i s o n men t ); id

. § 35 83 (b )(2 ) (au th or iz in g a te rm of su pe rv is ed rel eas e no t to

ex ceed th ree y ears fo r a Cl as s D fel on y ). The fact th at Perk in s wou ld ha ve pr efer red

a lo ng er te rm of im

pr is on m en t ov er a te rm of su pe rv is ed r e l e a s e d oe s no t ren de r

un reas on ab le a pr es um

pt iv el y reas on ab le sen te nc e.

To th e ex te nt Perk in s arg ue s th at th e co ur t di d n o t ad eq ua te ly co ns id er th e § 35 53 (a) se nt en ci ng fact or s, we reject hi s arg um en t an d no te th at th e Dis tri ct Co ur t

s t a t ed th at it ha d ta ke n in to co ns id erat io n al l of th e § 35 53 (a) fact or s, pa rti cu l a r l y Perk in s’s “ qu it e rem ark ab ly ex te ns iv e reco rd ” an d hi s a p pa ren t un wil li ng ne ss to

“ co nf or m [hi s] con du ct [to ] wha t’s re qu ire d u nd er t he law.” Se nt . Tr. at 7

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Fo r th e fo reg oi ng reas on s, we af fir m th e jud gm en t o f th e Dis tri ct Co ur t.

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