Court Opinion

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United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 01-3684
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United States of America,               *
                                        *
             Appellee,                  *
                                        * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                * District Court for the
                                        * District of South Dakota
Oris L. Morrison,                       *
                                        *    [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellant.                 *
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                          Submitted: April 4, 2002

                              Filed: April 11, 2002
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Before McMILLIAN, MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and BYE, Circuit Judges.
                          ___________

PER CURIAM.

       Oris L. Morrison appeals the revocation sentence imposed on him by the
District Court1 for the District of South Dakota after he pleaded guilty to five
violations of his supervised release. The district court sentenced Morrison to 24
months imprisonment and no further supervised release. For reversal, appellant
argues the district court erred in (1) sentencing him above the recommended
imprisonment range provided for under U.S.S.G. § 7B1.4; (2) failing to consider the

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       The Honorable Richard H. Battey, United States District Judge for the District
of South Dakota.
Chapter Seven policy statements; (3) considering his past conduct, more than his
release violations, as a basis for the revocation; and (4) failing to offer a reason for
sentencing him above the recommended revocation range, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 3553(c)(2) (court shall state reasons for particular sentence; if sentence is outside
Guidelines range, court shall state specific reasons for that sentence). For the reasons
discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.

      Given Morrison’s admission that he violated his supervised release, the district
court was authorized to revoke his supervision and sentence him to up to 2 years in
prison without credit for time served on supervised release, regardless of the
recommended Chapter Seven Guidelines revocation range. See 18 U.S.C.
§ 3583(e)(3); United States v. Shaw, 180 F.3d 920, 922 (8th Cir. 1999) (per curiam)
(Chapter 7 serves non-binding, advisory role). We decline Morrison’s invitation to
assume that the district court failed to consider the Chapter Seven policy statements:
a supplemental presentence report which set forth the recommended revocation range
was prepared for the district court before the revocation hearing, and the district court
explicitly recognized that it had the option of sentencing Morrison to less than 24
months imprisonment. Further, the district court did not violate due process by
considering Morrison’s past criminal conduct and criminal history, see 18 U.S.C.
§ 3583(e) (before revoking supervised release and imposing sentence, court must
consider factors set forth in, inter alia, 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a)(1) (factors to consider
include history and characteristics of defendant)), and the district court did not violate
section 3553(c)(2), see United States v. Jones, 973 F.2d 605, 607-08 (8th Cir. 1992).

      Accordingly, we affirm. We also grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

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McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, dissenting.

      I would remand the case to the district court for consideration of the Chapter
Seven policy statements, which, I note, appear to recommend a revocation sentence
of 6-12 months for Grade C violations and a category IV criminal history.

      A true copy.

            Attest:

                     CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

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