Case Name: UNITED STATES of America v. Robert J. SUCARATO, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-28
Citations: 511 F. App'x 165
Docket Number: No. 12-1759
Parties: UNITED STATES of America v. Robert J. SUCARATO, Appellant.
Judges: Before: GREENAWAY, JR., NYGAARD, and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 511
Pages: 165–165

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America v. Robert J. SUCARATO, Appellant.
No. 12-1759.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Under Third Circuit LAR 34.1(a) Dec. 10, 2012.
Opinion Filed Jan. 28, 2013.
Mark E. Coyne, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, Deborah P. Mikkelsen, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Camden, NJ, for Appellee.
Thomas Young, Esq., Office of Federal Public Defender, Camden, NJ, for Appellant.
Before: GREENAWAY, JR., NYGAARD, and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Robert J. Sucarato argues that his 132-month sentence, which is an upward variance from the sentencing guidelines range, is substantively unreasonable. To be substantively unreasonable, in light of the totality of the circumstances and the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, the party challenging the sentence must prove its unreasonableness. We give great weight to the sound discretion of the District Court, which "must apply the § 3553(a) factors reasonably to the circumstances of the case." United States v. Lessner, 498 F.3d 185, 204 (3d Cir.2007).
Sucarato has not met his burden of establishing that his sentence was unreasonable. The District Court was justified in imposing the upward variance because Su-carato showed a lack of remorse for his crimes and because of the need to deter this type of crime in the financial services industry. Sucarato expressed no sincere remorse for his actions and the personal devastation he has visited upon his victims. The District Court was rightly troubled by the adequacy of the guideline sentence to deter Sucarato from continued criminal conduct. After thoroughly addressing the factors in § 3553(a) and Sucarato's own statements, the District Court properly concluded that an upward variance was appropriate.
We will therefore affirm the District Court's sentencing order.
. The parties do not dispute that the District Court properly calculated the guidelines range, did not treat the guidelines as mandatory, and gave due consideration to the factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Indeed, we agree that the District Court committed no procedural error. Therefore, we will only consider the substantive reasonableness of the sentence imposed. Our review is a deferential one, inquiring only "whether the final sentence, wherever it may lie within the permissible statutory range, was premised upon appropriate and judicious consideration of the relevant factors." United States v. Schweitzer, 454 F.3d 197, 204 (3d Cir.2006).