Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony GRAY, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-04-13
Citations: 321 F. App'x 530
Docket Number: No. 08-1867
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony GRAY, Appellant.
Judges: Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 321
Pages: 530–531

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony GRAY, Appellant.
No. 08-1867.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
Submitted: March 12, 2009.
Filed: April 13, 2009.
Bruce Gillan, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Lincoln, NE, for Appellee.
Anthony Gray, Waseca, MN, pro se.
John Vanderslice, Assistant, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Lincoln, NE, for Appellant.
Before WOLLMAN, MURPHY, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Anthony Gray appeals the prison sentence that the district court imposed after revoking his supervised release, arguing that the sentence is unreasonable. We affirm.
Upon careful review, we conclude that the sentence is not unreasonable. See United States v. Tyson, 413 F.3d 824, 825 (8th Cir.2005) (per curiam) (standard of review). The sentence is within the applicable statutory maximum, see 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3), and it resulted from the district court's careful consideration of appropriate sentencing factors, including the advisory Guidelines revocation range, the need adequately to punish Gray for his repeated noncompliant behavior while on supervised release, the court's concern that he would commit new felonious conduct, and the court's belief that he could obtain needed treatment and supervision only in prison. The court also observed that Gray previously had been shown sentencing leniency. See U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4, comment, (n.4); 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1), (2)(B)-(D); United States v. Nelson, 453 F.3d 1004, 1005-06 (8th Cir.2006) (24-month revocation prison sentence not unreasonable despite advisory range of 4-10 months where defendant committed multiple supervised-release violations, court found sentence was necessary for deterrence and incapacitation, defendant's lengthy history of drug abuse made success in inpatient treatment unlikely, and defendant had benefitted from initial relatively lenient sentence).
The judgment is affirmed.
. The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, United States District Judge for the District of Nebraska.