Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald Paul McALLISTER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-28
Citations: 508 F. App'x 703
Docket Number: No. 12-5063
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald Paul McALLISTER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, McKAY and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 508
Pages: 703–705

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald Paul McALLISTER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-5063.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Jan. 28, 2013.
Leena Alam, Kevin Chambers Leitch, Phil E. Pinnell, Esq., Robert T. Raley, Janet Sue Reincke, Thomas Scott Woodward, Office of the United States Attorney, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Barry L. Derryberry, Stephen James Greubel, Esq., Office of the Federal Public Defender, Tulsa, OK, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, McKAY and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
MARY BECK BRISCOE, Chief Judge.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is, therefore, submitted without oral argument.
Defendant Ronald McAllister appeals from the district court's decision to revoke his supervised release and impose a twenty-four-month revocation sentence. McAl-lister's appellate counsel has filed an An-ders brief and a motion to withdraw as counsel. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). McAllister was provided with a copy of the Anders brief, but has filed no response thereto. The government has declined to file a brief. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we grant counsel's motion to withdraw and dismiss the appeal.
I
In March 2004, McAllister pleaded guilty to a single count of bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). McAllis-ter was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of eighty-four months, to be followed by a three-year term of supervised release.
McAllister completed his term of imprisonment and began his term of supervised release on February 26, 2010. ROA, Vol. 1, at 22. On August 4, 2011, McAllister's probation officer filed an order on supervised release alleging that McAllister had violated the terms of his supervised release on July 3, 2011, by operating a vehicle while under the combined influence of alcohol and drugs, driving with a revoked driver's license, and leaving the scene of an accident involving damage. Id. at 23. On September 30, 2011, the district court modified the conditions of McAllister's supervised release to require him to enter and successfully complete up to thirty days of inpatient substance abuse treatment, followed by ninety days of halfway house substance abuse treatment. Id. at 47.
On November 23, 2011, McAllister's probation officer filed a second order on supervised release alleging that McAllister had violated the modified conditions of his supervised release by being administratively discharged, due to misconduct, from the halfway house substance abuse treatment. Supp. ROA, Vol. 1, at 15. McAllis-ter stipulated to that violation in open court. Id., Vol. 2, at 12.
On April 2, 2012, McAllister's probation officer filed a third order on supervised release alleging that "[o]n November 18, 2011, McAllister robbed the . same bank he robbed in 2004 in his original offense." Id., Vol. 1, at 23. According to the probation officer, "McAllister was named in a one-count Indictment filed in the Northern District of Oklahoma on December 6, 2011," and "[h]e entered a guilty plea [in that case] on January 11, 2012." Id. McAl-lister stipulated to the violation in open court on April 11, 2012. Id., Vol. 2, at 17.
At the conclusion of the April 11, 2012 hearing, the district court revoked McAl-lister's supervised release and sentenced him to a term of imprisonment of twenty-four months, to run consecutively to the sentence imposed in connection with his new bank robbery conviction, and to be followed by a twelve-month term of supervised release. Id. at 23. In doing so, the district court followed the advisory guideline provisions without objection from either party, and it expressly considered the factors outlined in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Id. at 19-23. Although McAllister's counsel requested that the revocation sentence be ordered to run concurrently with the sentence imposed in connection with the new bank robbery, the district court rejected that request. Id. at 20.
Judgment was entered in the case on April 13, 2012. McAllister filed a notice of appeal that same day. His counsel has since filed with this court an Anders brief and a motion to withdraw. Although McAllister was provided with a copy of the Anders brief, he has filed no response to it.
II
Under Anders, defense counsel may "request permission to withdraw where counsel conscientiously examines a case and determines that any appeal would be wholly frivolous." United States v. Calderon, 428 F.3d 928, 930 (10th Cir.2005). In such a case, "counsel must submit a brief to the client and the appellate court indicating any potential appealable issues based on the record." Id. The client is then permitted to submit arguments to the court in response. We are then obligated to conduct independently "a full examination of all the proceeding^] to decide whether the case is wholly frivolous." United States v. Snitz, 342 F.3d 1154, 1158 (10th Cir.2003) (internal quotations omitted).
Having conducted such an examination in this case, we agree with McAllister's counsel that the appeal is wholly frivolous. To begin with, it is undisputed that McAl-lister knowingly and voluntarily stipulated to each of the alleged violations of supervised release, including, most notably, the allegation that he committed a bank robbery. Consequently, it was not only within the district court's discretion to revoke McAllister's term of supervised release and impose a revocation term of imprisonment pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3), such action was mandated by § 7B1.3(a)(l) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines.
In fashioning the specifics of McAllis-ter's revocation sentence, the district court correctly, and without objection from either party, classified McAllister's most serious violation of supervised release (his bank robbery) as a Grade A violation under U.S. S.G. § 7Bl.l(a)(l), and in turn determined that, under U.S. S.G. § 7B1.4(b)(l) and 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3), twenty-four months was the maximum statutory prison sentence that could be imposed upon revocation of McAllister's supervised release (even though the recommended range of imprisonment for McAllister under U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4(a), based on a Grade A violation and a criminal history category of VI, was thirty-three to forty-one months). The district court also expressly considered on the record, and again without objection from either party, the factors outlined in 18 U.S.C. § 8553(a). After doing so, the district court imposed the statutory maximum sentence of twenty-four months, to be followed by a twelve-month term of supervised release. And, although McAllister's counsel requested that the revocation sentence be ordered to run concurrently with the sentence imposed for McAllister's bank robbery conviction, the district court properly complied with the mandate of U.S.S.G. § 7B 1.3(f) and ordered the revocation sentence to run consecutively. Thus, in sum, there is no question that the sentence imposed by the district court was both procedurally and substantively reasonable. See Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007).
Counsel's motion to withdraw is GRANTED and the appeal is DISMISSED.
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.