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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 M in ne so ta

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Su bm it te d: Feb ru ary 11 , 20 13 Fi le d: Feb ru ary 22 , 20 13 [Un pu bl is he d]

__ __ __ __ __ __ Befo re SM ITH, ARNOLD, an d M ELLOY, Cir cu it Ju dg es

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PER CURI AM.

Ant ho ny Bro wn ad m it te d th at by twi ce dr iv in g aft er hi s li cen se was can cel le d (a m is de m ean or un de r Mi nn es ot a la w), he vi ol at ed th e te rm s of hi s su pe rv is ed rel eas e th at were im

po se d as pa rt of hi s se nt en ce fo r be in g a fel on in po ss es si on of a fir earm ,
se e 18 U.S.C. § 92 2( g) (1 ). The pa rti es ag reed th at Mr. B r o w n ' s i n frac ti on s

co ns ti tu te d a Grad e C vi ol at io n un de r U.S.S.G. § 7B 1.1 (a)( 3)
, an d, gi ve n Mr. Bro wn'scri m in al hi st or y , th e gu id el in es r e c om m en de d a ran ge of 8 to 14 m on th s'

in carc erat io n, se e U.S.S.G. § 7B 1.4

. Afte r th e di st ric t co ur t se nt en ced hi m to 1
6 m on th s in p ris on , M r. Bro wn ap pe al ed , a rg ui ng th at hi s se nt en ce is su bs ta nt iv el y

un reas on ab le be cau se it is "g reat er th an ne ces sa ry " to fu lfi ll th e se nt en ci ng go al s se t

ou t i n 1 8 U.S.C. § 35 53 (a).

W e us e th e sa m e "d efer en ti al ab u s e

- o f-d is cret io n st an da rd " to rev ie w th e

su bs ta nt iv e reas on ab le ne ss of se nt en ces im p o s e d up on rev oc at io n of su pe rv is ed rel eas e as we do whe n co ns i de rin g th e su bs ta nt iv e reas on ab le ne ss of an in it ia l

se nt en ce. Se e Uni te d St at es v. Mer ri va l
, 52 1 F.3 d 8 8 9
, 8 9 0 (8 th Ci r. 20 08 ). W e li ke wis e gi ve th e sa m e pr es um pt io n of reas on ab le ne ss to a rev oc at io n se nt en ce wit hin th e ran ge reco m

m en de d by U.S.S.G. § 7B 1.4 th at we gi ve to an in it ia l se nt en ce th at fa l l s wit hi n th e ap pl ic ab le gu id el in e ran ge

. Se e, e.g ., Uni te d St at es v. Petr ei ki s , 55 1 F.3 d 8 22
, 82 4 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 ). Fu rth erm or e, whe re a di st ric t co ur t im po se s an in it ia l s e nt en ce be lo w th e ad vi so ry gu id el in e ran ge , we ha ve he ld th at "i t is ne arl y in co nc ei va bl e th at th e co ur t ab us ed i t s d i s c ret io n in no t va ry in g do wnwar d st il l fu rth er," se e Uni te d St at es v. La za rs ki
, 56 0 F.3 d 73 1, 73 3- 34 (8 th Ci r. 20 09 ), an d we

se e no reas on to ap pl y a di ffer en t pr in ci pl e to a se nt en ce be lo w a ran ge reco m m en de d by § 7B 1.4
, su ch as Mr. Bro wn's

. In im po si ng se nt en ce, m or eo ve r, th e di st ric t co ur t h e r e n ot ed th at it was "t ak in g in to acco un t al l of th e ci rcu m st an ces ," in cl ud in g Mr. Bro wn's "t rack " reco rd on su pe rv is ed rel eas e, whi ch was "n ot go od ." Fro m th es e
st at em en ts an d th e reco rd as a who le
, we co nc lu de th at th e co ur t pr op erl y co ns id ered th e § 35 53 (a) se nt en ci ng go al s a s di rect ed to do whe n im po si ng a se nt en ce fro m a vi ol at io n of su pe rv is ed rel ea s e , se e 18 U.S.C. § 35 83 (e). Se e Uni te d St at es v. Perk in s , 52 6 F.3d 11 07
, 11 10 -1 1 (8t h Cir. 20 08 ). Bec au se Mr. Bro wn ha s gi ve n us

no reas on to be li ev e th at hi s be lo w-g ui de li ne s se nt en ce was "g reat er th an ne ces sa ry "

The Hon or ab le Ri ch ard H. Ky le
, Uni te d St at es Dis tri ct Ju dg e fo r th e Dis tri ct 1 of Mi nn es ot a.

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-to fu lfi ll th e ap pr op ria te se nt en ci ng go al s se t ou t in 18 U.S.C. § 35 53 (a), we di sc ern

no erro r he re.

Affi rm ed

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