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NITED STATE S COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D.C. Dock etNo. 3 :1 0- cr-0 00 65 -LC-1 UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A, Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll ee, vers us JEFF REY THOMAS BRYANT, Defen da nt -Ap pe ll an t.

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th e Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co urt forth e North ernDis tri ctof F lo rid a

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Sep te m be r 29 , 20 11 ) Befo re EDMONDSON, W ILSON an d KRAVITC H, Circ ui t J ud ge s. PER CURI AM: Je ffre y Tho m as Bry an t ap pe al s t he 78 -m on th sen te nc e h e rec ei ve d a fte rpl ead in g g ui lt y to two co un ts of p os se ss in g afir earm as aco nv ic te d fe lo n, i n vi ol at io n o f 18 U.S.C. § 9 22 (g )(1 ). His sen te nc e ref le ct s a 2 7- m on thup ward de pa rtu re, i m

po se d p ur su an t t o U.S.S.G. § 4A1 .3(a ). On ap pe al , Bry an t ar gu es th athi s s en te nc e is subs ta nt iv el y un reas on ab le . W e rev ie w sen te nc es forreas on ab le ne ss un de r a d efer en ti al ab us e-o f di sc ret io n- st an da rd . Se e Gal l v. Un it ed Stat es , 55 2 U.S. 3 8, 4 1 (2 00 7) . The bu rd enof d em on st rat in g u nr eas on ab le ne ss li es with t he pa rty chal le ng in g t he se nt en ce. Uni te d Sta tes v. Ta ll ey , 43 1 F .3d78 4, 7 88 (11 th Cir . 20 05 ) (p er cu ria m). W e fi nda se nt en ce s ub st an ti ve ly unr eas on ab le if, af te r co ns id eri ng th e to ta li ty of th e fac ts an d c irc um st an ces , we are l eftwith t he de fin it e an d fi rm co nv ic ti on th atth e d is tri ctco urt co m m it te d acle ar erro r of

jud gm en t i n wei gh in g th e § 35 53 (a) fa ct or s. Se e Uni te d Sta tes v. Ir ey , 61 2 F .3d11 60 , 11 89 –9 0 (1 1t h Ci r. 20 10 ) (en ba nc ), cer t. d en ie d , 13 1 S . Ct. 1 81 3 (2 01 1) . Thata se nt en ce fa ll s be lo w a st atut ory

m ax im um pe na lt y is anin di cat or

of r eas on ab le ne ss . Se e Uni te d St at es v. Gon za le

z , 55 0 F .3d13 19 , 13 24 (11 th Cir . 20 08 ) (p er cu ria m) (n ot in g t ha t th e d efen da nt ’s sen te nc e was well be lo w th e st atut ory m ax im um when up ho ld in g th e se nt en ce as subs ta nt iv el y reas on ab le ). Extrao rd in ary ci rcu m st an ces are n ot requi redto jus ti fy

a se nt en ce o ut si de th e Gui de li ne s rang e. Se e Gal l , 55 2 U.S. at 47 . 2Bryant ’s 78 -m on th sen te nc e is subs ta nt iv el y reas on ab le . The d is tri ctco urt co ns id eredhi s cr im in al hi st ory , whi chin cl ud edth irt y -o ne cri m in al co nv ic ti on s. His cri m in al -h is to ry

cat eg ory di d n otacco un t fo r si x o ccas io ns onwhi chBry an t was co nv ic te d fo r se rio us off en se s. Ad di ti on al ly, Bryantus edm ari juan a whi le on pr e-tria l re le as e, an d the n a tt em pt edto hi de th atfactby pro vi di ng fak e urin e fo r a drug tes t. Inli gh t o f Bryant ’s hi st ory , th e d is tri ctco urt fo un d tha t the publ ic sh ou ldbe pro te ct edfro m Bry an t’s l ik el ih oo d o f fu tu re cr im in al co nduc t. The di st ric t co urt al so co ns id eredth e § 35 53 (a) fa ct or s af te r he ari ng arg um en ts fro m bo th pa rti es . Fin al ly, Bryant ’s sen te nc e is be lo w th e st atut ory m ax im um of t en y ears . Und er the se fact s an d c irc um st an ces , Bry an t h as fai le d t o d em on strat e th at th e d is tri ctco urt co m

m it te d acle ar erro r of

jud gm en t. Acco rd in gl y , we affi rm . AFFIRMED.

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