Court Opinion

ID: 4505697
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Date Created: 2020-02-07 17:00:25.15757+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:05:18.191841
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United States Court of Appeals
                           For the Eighth Circuit
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                               No. 19-3063
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                           United States of America

                                     Plaintiff - Appellee

                                       v.

                           Dustin Michael Whitford

                                  Defendant - Appellant
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                    Appeal from United States District Court
                for the Northern District of Iowa - Cedar Rapids
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                         Submitted: February 3, 2020
                           Filed: February 6, 2020
                                [Unpublished]
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Before SHEPHERD, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

      Dustin Whitford appeals a within-Guidelines-range sentence of 12 months in
prison for violating the conditions of supervised release. He challenges the
substantive reasonableness of the sentence, and his attorney seeks permission to
withdraw.
       We conclude that Whitford’s sentence is substantively reasonable. See United
States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 917 (8th Cir. 2009) (reviewing the reasonableness of
a revocation sentence for an abuse of discretion); United States v. Perkins, 526 F.3d
1107, 1110 (8th Cir. 2008) (stating that a within-Guidelines-range sentence is
presumptively reasonable). The record establishes that the district court 1 sufficiently
considered the statutory sentencing factors, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3553(a), 3583(e)(3), and
did not rely on an improper factor or commit a clear error of judgment. See United
States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 923–24 (8th Cir. 2006). Accordingly, we affirm the
judgment and grant counsel permission to withdraw.
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        The Honorable C.J. Williams, United States District Judge for the Northern
District of Iowa.

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