Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher E. MILLER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-01-26
Citations: 590 F. App'x 252
Docket Number: No. 14-4592
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher E. MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 590
Pages: 252–253

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher E. MILLER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-4592.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 22, 2015.
Decided: Jan. 26, 2015.
Lora Blanchard, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellant. William N. Nettles, United States Attorney, William J. Watkins, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Green-ville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Christopher E. Miller pled guilty to possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2) (2012). At Miller's sentencing hearing, his attorney requested a sentence below the advisory Guidelines range of 97-121 months' imprisonment. The judge rejected Miller's request and sentenced him to a 97-month term. He appeals, arguing that the district court failed to adequately provide an individualized reason as to why it rejected his request for a below-Guidelines sentence. We affirm.
We review a sentence for reasonableness, applying an abuse of discretion standard. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 46, 128 S.Ct. 586, 169 L.Ed.2d 445 (2007). This review requires appellate consideration of both the procedural and substantive reasonableness of a sentence. Id. After determining whether the district court properly calculated the defendant's advisory Guidelines range, this court must then consider whether the district court considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) (2012) fac tors, analyzed any arguments presented by the parties, and sufficiently explained the selected sentence. Gall, 552 U.S. at 49-50, 128 S.Ct. 586; see Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 346-7, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 168 L.Ed.2d 203 (2007); United States v. Carter, 564 F.3d 325, 330 (4th Cir.2009). Finally, we review the substantive reasonableness of the sentence, "taking into account the totality of the circumstances, including the extent of any variance from the Guidelines range." United States v. Pauley, 511 F.3d 468, 473 (4th Cir.2007) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). This court applies a presumption of correctness to a sentence within the properly-calculated Guidelines range. Rita, 551 U.S. at 346-47, 127 S.Ct. 2456.
Here, the district court correctly calculated Miller's Guidelines range and, after hearing his arguments for a below-Guidelines sentence, imposed a within-Guidelines sentence of 97 months. We find that the district court's explanation was sufficient to show that the court conducted the sort of individualized sentencing analysis required under Gall and Carter. Moreover, Miller has failed to rebut the presumption of reasonableness accorded his within-Guidelines sentence. Therefore, we find that Miller's sentence is reasonable.
Accordingly, we affirm Miller's sentence. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.