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Case: 22-30339         Document: 00516664832             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/03/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit

                                       No. 22-30339                                   FILED
                                     Summary Calendar                             March 3, 2023
                                     ____________                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                      Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Tawaski Tavon Lewis,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Western District of Louisiana
                               USDC No. 6:21-CR-232-3
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Tawaski Tavon Lewis appeals the sentence imposed following his
   guilty plea conviction for theft of firearms from a federal firearm licensee. He
   argues that his 120-month within-guidelines sentence is substantively
   unreasonable. We need not determine whether Lewis properly preserved
   this issue because his claim fails under the standard of review for preserved

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 22-30339

   claims of error. See United States v. Scott, 654 F.3d 552, 555 (5th Cir. 2011).
   We review for abuse of discretion. See id.
          A properly calculated sentence within the guidelines range is
   presumptively reasonable. United States v. Cooks, 589 F.3d 173, 186 (5th Cir.
   2009). This presumption is rebutted only if the appellant demonstrates that
   the sentence does not account for a factor that should receive significant
   weight, gives significant weight to an irrelevant or improper factor, or
   represents a clear error of judgment in balancing sentencing factors. Id.
   Lewis fails to rebut the presumption of reasonableness given to his within
   guidelines sentence because he does not show that the district court failed to
   consider the applicable sentencing guidelines range, the kinds of sentences
   available pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 924(i)(1), or certain mitigating
   characteristics. See id.; 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a). Likewise, Lewis does not show
   that the district court committed a clear error of judgment in balancing the
   sentencing factors when it gave significant weight to his criminal history in
   determining his sentence. Instead, his claim invites this court to reweigh the
   § 3553(a) factors and substitute its own judgment on appeal, which we will
   not do. See United States v. Hernandez, 876 F.3d 161, 167 (5th Cir. 2017).
          The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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