Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-09-23 15:05:37.275362+00
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United States Court of Appeals
                         For the Eighth Circuit
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                             No. 14-1988
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                          United States of America

                    lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellee

                                       v.

                              Roberto V. Rivera

                   lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellant
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                 Appeal from United States District Court
               for the District of South Dakota - Sioux Falls
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                      Submitted: September 17, 2014
                        Filed: September 23, 2014
                              [Unpublished]
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Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
       Roberto Rivera directly appeals the statutory-maximum sentence that the
district court1 imposed upon revoking his probation. For reversal, he argues that the
sentence is substantively unreasonable.

       Upon careful review, we conclude that the sentence is not unreasonable,
because the court properly considered the Chapter 7 policy statements and
appropriate 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors, and gave supporting reasons for its decision.
See United States v. Larison, 432 F.3d 921, 924 (8th Cir. 2006) (affirming statutory-
maximum revocation sentence where district court justified decision by giving
supporting reasons); United States v. Tyson, 413 F.3d 824, 825 (8th Cir. 2005) (per
curiam) (revocation sentences are reviewed for unreasonableness in accordance with
United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)). Accordingly, we affirm the judgment
of the district court. We also grant counsel’s motion for leave to withdraw.
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      1
       The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District
of South Dakota.

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