Opinion ID: 78358
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: Spoerke's Sentence Is Substantively Reasonable.

Text: Spoerke argues that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because of unwarranted disparities between his sentence of 44 months of imprisonment and Kramer's enrollment in a pretrial diversion program, but we disagree. When imposing a sentence, the district court is required to avoid unwarranted sentence disparities among defendants with similar records who have been found guilty of similar conduct, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(6), but Spoerke and Kramer are not similarly situated. Kramer was never prosecuted or convicted of any conduct, he was not sentenced, and he is not similarly situated to Spoerke. No unwarranted disparity exists. Spoerke's sentence, which was in the middle of the guidelines range, is also reasonable. [T]here is a range of reasonable sentences from which the district court may choose, and when the district court imposes a sentence within the advisory Guidelines range, we ordinarily will expect that choice to be a reasonable one. Talley, 431 F.3d at 788. The district court did not abuse its discretion.