Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harold George MacDANIEL, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-05-16
Citations: 480 F. App'x 623
Docket Number: No. 11-1369-CR
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harold George MacDANIEL, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: PRESENT: RICHARD C. WESLEY, RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges, J. GARVAN MURTHA, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 480
Pages: 623–625

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harold George MacDANIEL, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-1369-CR.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
May 16, 2012.
Lawrence Gerzog, New York, NY, for Appellant.
Douglas P. Morabito, Assistant United States Attorney (Robert M. Spector, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), for David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, New Haven, CT, for Appellee.
PRESENT: RICHARD C. WESLEY, RAYMOND J. LOHIER, JR., Circuit Judges, J. GARVAN MURTHA, District Judge.
The Honorable J. Garvan Murtha, of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
Plaintiff-Appellant Harold George Mac-Daniel appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Cha-tigny, /.), following his guilty plea to one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court sentenced MacDaniel principally to a term of 57 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release. We assume the parties' familiarity with the underlying facts and procedural history of the case.
MacDaniel challenges his three-year term of supervised release as both procedurally and substantively unreasonable. Our review of the reasonableness of a sentence is "akin to review for abuse of discretion." United States v. Fernandez, 443 F.3d 19, 26-27 (2d Cir.2006). Because MacDaniel failed to assert any objection to his term of supervised release to the district court, his challenge on appeal is subject to review for plain error. See United States v. Villafuerte, 502 F.3d 204, 208-11 (2d Cir.2007).
MacDaniel contends that the district court failed to consider the relevant statutory factors and state its reasons for imposing the supervised release term. After a thorough review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not err, much less commit plain error, in imposing a three-year term of supervised release. The term was consistent with the period of supervised release authorized by 18 U.S.C. § 3583(b)(2) and U.S.S.G. § 5D1.2 (a)(2). Nothing in the record overcomes the presumption that the district court faithfully considered the applicable statutory factors in imposing the term of supervised release as required by 18 U.S.C. § 3583(c). See Fernandez, 443 F.3d at 30.
There is no dispute that the district court considered the statutory factors in determining MacDaniel's incarceration term. We find no reason to believe that those factors were considered only in imposing the incarceration aspect of Mac-Daniel's sentence. Indeed, in imposing the special conditions of supervised release — requiring MacDaniel to receive substance abuse and mental health treatment and to refrain from possessing a dangerous weapon — the district court considered the particular facts of his offense conduct, as well as his personal history and characteristics. In the absence of record evidence suggesting otherwise, we cannot conclude that the district court considered the statutory factors only with respect to the conditions of supervised release and not to the length of the term of supervised release. See United States v. Sero, 520 F.3d 187, 192 (2d Cir.2008).
Moreover, because the district court stated reasons for the sentence when it imposed the incarceration term and set the special conditions of supervised release, it adequately articulated its basis for the supervised release term. See id. The dis trict court provided ample justification for both the term length and special conditions of supervised release by explicitly adopting the factual findings of the presentence report ("PSR") pertaining to MacDaniel's offense conduct, criminal record, and history of substance abuse and mental health issues.
Finally, MacDaniel's conclusory claim of substantive unreasonableness is without merit. In considering the substantive reasonableness of a sentence, we "take into account the totality of the circumstances, giving due deference to the sentencing judge's exercise of discretion, and bearing in mind the institutional advantages of district courts." United States v. Cavera, 550 F.3d 180, 190 (2d Cir.2008) (en banc). The district court adopted the factual findings of the PSR without any objection from MacDaniel. These findings fully support the district court's decision to impose a three-year term of supervised release. Because the term of supervised release was "within the range of permissible decisions," we will not set it aside as substantively unreasonable. United States v. Rigas, 583 F.3d 108, 122 (2d Cir.2009) (internal quotation marks omitted).
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.