FIL ED U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S EL EVENTHCI RCUI T OCTOB ER 11, 2011 J OHN L EY CL ERK [DO N OT PUBLISH]
IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D.C. Dock etNo. 1 :0 8- cr-0 00 27 -DHB-WLB-2 UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Pla in ti ff-Ap pe ll ee, ve rs us ZACHERY TALL EY, ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll ll Defen da nt -Ap pe ll an t.

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Oct ob er 1 1, 2 01 1) Befo re HULL, PRYOR an d B LACK, Circ ui t J ud ge s. PER CURI AM:Zach ery Tall ey ap pe al s h is 24 -m on th ab ov e g ui de li ne s- ran ge sen te nc e, im po se d fo r vi ol at in g the term s o f hi s p ro ba ti on . Tall ey was o rig in al ly sen te nc ed to a te rm of f iv e y ears ’ pr ob at io n fo ll owi ng hi s g ui lty pl ea t o o ne co un t o f co ns pi racy to u se acce ss de vi ces frau du le nt ly, in vi ol at io n o f 18 U.S.C. § 3 71 . On ap pe al , Tall ey

arg ue s (1 ) he was n otgi ve n p ro pe r no ti ce tha t the co urt i nt en de d t o

“ de pa rt” fro m

th e g ui de li ne s ra ng e, an d (2 ) hi s s en te nc e was ex ces si ve ly hars h. Afte r rev ie w, we affi rm

Tall ey ’s sen te nc e.

I. Tall ey fir starg ue s h e was no t g iv enpro pe r no ti ce tha t the di stric t co urt in te nd edto “ de pa rt” fro m th e g ui de li ne s ra ng e o f th ree t o n in e m on th s. He co nt en ds he was d en ie d a n o pp ortu ni ty to d efen d a ga in stanex ces si ve ly hars h se nt en ce. Tall ey fai le d t o o bjec t b efo re the di stric t co urt; th us , we rev ie w for pl ai n erro r, whi chex is ts on ly whe re (1 ) th ere i s an erro r; ( 2) th atis pl ai n o r ob vi ou s; an d (3 ) th ataffe ct s the de fen da nt ’s subs tant ia l ri gh ts . Uni te d Sta tes v. Olan o , 50 7 U.S. 72 5, 7 32 -3 4 (1 99 3) . In Uni te d Sta tes v. Ho fi er ka , 83 F.3d35 7, 3 62 –6 3 (1 1t h C ir. 19 96 ), we he ldth ata di stric t co urt’s d eci si on at arev oc at io n h eari ng to sen te nc e ou ts id e th e ran ge su gg es te d b y th e Ch ap te r 7 a dv is ory

po li cy st at em en ts is no t a

“ de pa rtu re” t ha t wo ul d re qu ire adva nc e n ot ic e. Thu s, the di st ric t co urt d idno t 2pl ai nl y

err wh enitfai le d t o g iv e Tal le y no ti ce b efo re s en te nc in g h im ou ts id e th e advi so ry gu id el in es bu t wi th in th e st atut ory m ax im um . II. Tall ey ne xtarg ue s h is 24 -m on th sen te nc e fo r vi ol at in g the term s o f hi s pr ob at io n was ex ces si ve ly hars h i n l ig htof t he na tu re o f th e o ffen se s fo r whi chhi s pr ob at io n was rev ok edan d h is cri m in al hi st ory . W e rev ie w foranab us e o f di sc ret io n adi st ric t co urt’s d eci si on to ex ceedth e Ch ap te r 7 a dv is ory

gu id el in es ran ge . Se e Uni te d Sta tes v. Silva , 44 3 F .3d79 5, 7 98 (1 1t h C ir. 2 00 6) . W e rev ie w th e se nt en ce i m po se d upo n the rev oc at io n o f pr ob at io n fo r rea so nabl en es s. Se e Uni te d Sta tes v. S wee ti ng , 43 7 F .3d11 05 , 11 06 -0 7 (1 1t h C ir. 2 00 6) (ad dr es si ng supe rv is edrel eas e). The pa rty chal le ng in g th e se nt en ce h as th e b ur de n o f es tabl is hi ng th e se nt en ce was un reas on ab le . Uni te d St at es v. Ta ll ey, 43 1 F .3d78 4, 7 88 (11 th Cir . 20 05 ). Here, the di st ric t co urt d idno t ab us e it s d is cret io n i n i m po si ng a se nt en ce o f 24 m on th s’ im

pr is on m en t, n orwas the sen te nc e unr eas on ab le . The p ol ic y st at em en ts of C hapt er 7 are m erel y advi so ry , andth e d is tri ctco urt, af te r co ns id eri ng a nu m

be r of § 3 55 3( a) fa ct or s, fo un d tha t a s en te nc e ex ceed in g the gu id el in es ’ ran ge was n eces sa ry . Und er the to ta li ty of th e ci rcu m st an ces , th e se nt en ce was no t g reat er tha n n eces sa ry to ach ie ve th e p ur

po se s o f se nt en ci ng , 3es pe ci al ly con si de rin g the len ie nc y th e co urt ex erci se d wh enitsen te nc edTall ey th e fi rs t t im e. Se e 18 U.S.C. § 3 55 3( a). Tall ey ha s n otm ethi s b ur de n t o s ho w th e se nt en ce was un reas on ab le . AFFIRMED.

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