Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yvonne Denise ASH, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-28
Citations: 667 F. App'x 54
Docket Number: No. 16-4040
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yvonne Denise ASH, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 54–55

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yvonne Denise ASH, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-4040
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 23, 2016
Decided: June 28, 2016
Glen D. Conway, Conway Law Office, Huntington, West Virginia, for Appellant.
Carol A. Casto, Acting United States Attorney, Joseph F. Adams, Assistant United States Attorney, Huntington, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Yvonne Denise Ash appeals the 21-month sentence imposed by the district court upon revocation of her supervised release. On appeal, Ash asserts that her sentence is plainly unreasonable because it is longer than necessary to achieve the goals of supervised release. We affirm.
"A district court has broad discretion when imposing a sentence upon revocation of supervised release." United States v. Webb, 738 F.3d 638, 640 (4th Cir. 2013). We will affirm a sentence if it is within the applicable statutory maximum and not plainly unreasonable. United States v. Padgett, 788 F.3d 370, 373 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 494, 193 L.Ed.2d 360 (2015), "Only if a revocation sentence is unreasonable must we assess whether it is plainly so." Id.
Ash raises no procedural challenge to her sentence. A revocation sentence is substantively reasonable if the district court states a proper basis for concluding that the defendant should receive the sentence imposed, up to the statutory maximum. United States v. Crudup, 461 F.3d 433, 440 (4th Cir. 2006). Here, when considering the applicable sentencing factors and imposing sentence, the district court fairly weighed Ash's prior supervised release violations, history of substance abuse, and her inability to conform to the conditions of supervised release, all of which relate to Ash's history and characteristics. See 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1), 3583(e) (2012). Finally, Ash fails to rebut the presumption of reasonableness afforded her 21-month sentence that falls within the Sentencing Guidelines' policy statement range. See Webb, 738 F.3d at 642. We conclude that Ash's sentence is not unreasonable and, therefore, not plainly so.
Accordingly, we affirm the district court's judgment. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal con tentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED