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Date Created: 2023-09-28 23:27:09.232334+00
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Case: 23-30157        Document: 00516913054             Page: 1      Date Filed: 09/28/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________
                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 23-30157
                                    Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                    ____________                             September 28, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Christopher R. Willis,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Middle District of Louisiana
                              USDC No. 3:05-CR-203-1
                     ______________________________

   Before King, Haynes, and Graves, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Christopher R. Willis appeals the 60-month above-guidelines
   sentence imposed upon revocation of his supervised release. We review this
   claim under the “plainly unreasonable” standard. See United States v. Miller,
   634 F.3d 841, 843 (5th Cir. 2011). Under this standard, the sentence is
   examined for “significant procedural error” and substantive reasonableness.

          _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-30157      Document: 00516913054           Page: 2   Date Filed: 09/28/2023

                                     No. 23-30157

   United States v. Warren, 720 F.3d 321, 332 (5th Cir. 2013) (internal quotation
   marks and citation omitted).
          A revocation sentence is based on a “significant procedural error” if
   the district court does not consider the proper factors, bases the chosen
   sentence on incorrect facts, or does not adequately explain the choice of
   sentence. Id. A revocation sentence is substantively unreasonable “if it
   (1) does not account for a factor that should have received significant weight,
   (2) gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or
   (3) represents a clear error of judgment in balancing the sentencing factors.”
   Id. at 332 (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). Willis has not met
   this standard. Rather, his argument that the district court erred when
   weighing the pertinent factors amounts to little more than a request for this
   court to substitute its judgment for that of the district court, which we will
   not do.    See id. at 321, 326.     The judgment of the district court is
   AFFIRMED.

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