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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 16-16484

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 0:16-cr-60095-BB-1

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

JON LEE SABOURIN, 

 Defendant - Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Florida

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(July 21, 2017)

Before TJOFLAT, WILLIAM PRYOR, and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

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Jon Lee Sabourin appeals the substantive reasonableness of his 121-month 

sentence, imposed after he pled guilty to distribution of child pornography in 

violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(2), (b)(1). Mr. Sabourin argues that the district 

court erred because his sentence was “greater than necessary” to achieve the 

sentencing goals of punishment, deterrence, and rehabilitation, in violation of 18 

U.S.C. § 3553(a). Upon review, we affirm. 

We review the substantive reasonableness of a sentence for abuse of 

discretion. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 41 (2007). A sentence falls 

within “a range of choice for the district court, so long as that choice does not 

constitute a clear error of judgment.” United States v. Frazier, 387 F.3d 1244, 

1259 (11th Cir. 2004) (en banc) (citation omitted). 

Our review of a substantive reasonableness challenge entails “examining the 

totality of the circumstances, including an inquiry into whether the statutory factors 

in [18 U.S.C.] § 3553(a) support the sentence in question.” United States v. 

Gonzalez, 550 F.3d 1319, 1323–24 (11th Cir. 2008) (citation omitted). The district 

court’s acknowledgment that it has considered the defendant’s arguments and the 

§ 3553(a) factors will generally suffice, and “[w]e will defer to the district court’s 

judgment regarding the weight given to the § 3553(a) factors unless the district 

court has made ‘a clear error of judgment’ and has imposed ‘a sentence that lies 

outside the range of reasonable sentences dictated by the facts of the case.’” 

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Gonzalez, 550 F.3d at 1324 (citation omitted). The district court need not discuss 

or state each § 3553(a) factor explicitly. See United States v. Scott, 426 F.3d 1324, 

1329 (11th Cir. 2005). 

The district court’s sentence here was not unreasonable. The court explicitly 

took into account certain § 3553(a) factors it believed justified the sentence 

imposed. See Tr. of Sentencing Hearing, D.E. 60 at 22–23. The court emphasized 

that the sentence reflected a need to promote respect for the law and the 

seriousness of this offense, considered the Sentencing Commission’s report, and 

reviewed an expert’s report concluding Mr. Sabourin fell “in the low-risk range for 

the expression of a sexual contact offense with a juvenile.” Id. The district court, 

moreover, varied downward slightly and gave Mr. Sabourin a sentence below the 

initial guideline range of 151–188 months. Mr. Sabourin offers no argument for 

why his sentence was unreasonable, other than a conclusory statement that the 

sentence was too harsh. See Appellant’s Br. at 12. 

Given the record before us, there is no basis to disturb the district court’s 

sentence. 

AFFIRMED.

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