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Case: 22-60355         Document: 00516658675             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/28/2023

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

                                       No. 22-60355
                                                                                      FILED
                                                                               February 28, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                      Clerk
   United States of America,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Frederick Belvin,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Mississippi
                                USDC No. 4:21-CR-30-1
                      ______________________________

   Before Jones, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Frederick Belvin appeals the 151-month sentence imposed following
   his guilty plea to distributing cocaine. He argues that the sentence is
   substantively unreasonable, and our review is for abuse of discretion. See
   Holguin-Hernandez v. United States, 140 S. Ct. 762, 766-67 (2020); Gall v.
   United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51-52 (2007).

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-60355     Document: 00516658675           Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/28/2023

                                    No. 22-60355

          Belvin has failed to make the showing required to rebut the
   presumption of reasonableness that applies to his within-guidelines sentence.
   See United States v. Cooks, 589 F.3d 173, 186 (5th Cir. 2009). The district
   court considered his medical conditions at sentencing but explained why his
   criminal history and the facts of this case did not warrant a downward
   variance given the purposes of sentencing. Belvin’s arguments on appeal
   essentially urge us to reweigh the sentencing factors, which we will not do.
   See United States v. Hernandez, 876 F.3d 161, 167 (5th Cir. 2017).
          AFFIRMED.

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