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Date Created: 2023-05-25 00:00:34.231603+00
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Case: 22-50946         Document: 00516762743             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/24/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                       No. 22-50946
                                     Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                     ____________                                 May 24, 2023
                                                                                 Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                          Clerk

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Jeremy Randall Ezell,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 7:22-CR-68-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Jeremy Randall Ezell appeals the 210-month, top-of-guidelines
   sentence imposed following his guilty plea to distribution and possession with
   intent to distribute five grams or more of actual methamphetamine and
   conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-50946        Document: 00516762743        Page: 2   Date Filed: 05/24/2023

                                    No. 22-50946

   methamphetamine.        He argues that his sentence is substantively
   unreasonable.
          We review the substantive reasonableness of a sentence for abuse of
   discretion. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007). Because the district
   court is best able to assess the facts and make an individualized
   determination, this review is “highly deferential.”         United States v.
   Hernandez, 633 F.3d 370, 375 (5th Cir. 2011) (internal quotation marks
   omitted). A sentence imposed within a properly calculated guidelines range
   is “presumptively reasonable,” and we infer that the district court
   considered all the factors and considerations set forth in the Guidelines and
   in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). United States v. Campos-Maldonado, 531 F.3d 337, 338
   (5th Cir. 2008). This presumption can be rebutted “only upon a showing
   that the sentence does not account for a factor that should receive significant
   weight, it gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or it
   represents a clear error of judgment in balancing sentencing factors.” United
   States v. Cooks, 589 F.3d 173, 186 (5th Cir. 2009).
          Ezell has failed to show that his sentence was substantively
   unreasonable. The district court properly considered all relevant factors and
   explained its reasons for the imposed sentence. We will not reweigh the
   sentencing factors and substitute our own judgment for that of the district
   court, as Ezell requests. See United States v. Hernandez, 876 F.3d 161, 167
   (5th Cir. 2017).
                                                                  AFFIRMED.

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