Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-13 16:00:52.782709+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        JUL 13 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       No. 23-30006

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 9:11-cr-00015-DWM-2

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
DAVID DERRYBERRY,

                Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the District of Montana
                   Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding

                             Submitted June 26, 2023**

Before:      CANBY, S.R. THOMAS, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

      David Derryberry appeals from the district court’s judgment and challenges

the 12-month sentence imposed upon the fifth revocation of his supervised release.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C § 1291, and we affirm.

      Derryberry contends that his sentence is substantively unreasonable because

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
      **
             The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
he was struggling with addiction. He also argues that the district judge may have

relied upon the impermissible factor of “just punishment” when imposing a

custodial sentence four months longer than the one recommended by the magistrate

judge. The district judge, however, expressly noted that just punishment is an

improper sentencing consideration on revocation, see 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e); United

States v. Miqbel, 444 F.3d 1173, 1181-82 (9th Cir. 2006), and clarified that he was

not relying on that factor. Although the magistrate judge recommended an 8-

month term of imprisonment followed by 18 months of supervised release, the

record supports the district judge’s conclusion that a lengthier custodial term and

termination of any further supervision was appropriate. The within-Guidelines

sentence is substantively reasonable under the totality of the circumstances and the

18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) factors, including Derryberry’s repeated breaches of the

court’s trust and the risk he poses to the community. See Gall v. United States, 552

U.S. 38, 51 (2007); Miqbel, 444 F.3d at 1182.

      AFFIRMED.

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