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United States v. Bryan Huntley, 4th Cir. (2014)
United States v. Bryan Huntley, 4th Cir. (2014)
United States v. Bryan Huntley, 4th Cir. (2014)
No. 14-4325
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Rock Hill.
Terry L. Wooten, Chief District
Judge. (0:13-cr-00555-TLW-1)
Submitted:
Decided:
December 2, 2014
PER CURIAM:
Bryan
Yarnell
Huntley
pled
guilty
to
failure
to
substance
abuse
treatment,
and
mental
health
necessary
by
challenging
conditions.
the
mental
only
his
health
evaluator.
supervised
release
Huntley
term
and
552
abuse
U.S.
of
discretion
38,
51
standard.
(2007).
We
Gall
first
v.
United
review
for
Guidelines
range,
inadequately
considering
the
18
U.S.C.
Id. at 578.
The sentence
18 U.S.C. 3553(a).
plain
court
error,
erred,
Huntley
the
must
error
was
demonstrate
plain,
and
that
the
To
the
error
conditions
of
supervised
release
United
States v. Holman, 532 F.3d 284, 288 (4th Cir. 2008) (internal
quotation
marks
omitted).
The
court
may
impose
any
special
18
U.S.C.
circumstances
3583(d)(1)
of
the
(2012),
offenses
including
and
the
the
nature
history
and
and
United
States v. Dotson, 324 F.3d 256, 260 (4th Cir. 2003) (internal
3
to
States
(quoting
18
consistent
achieve
v.
Armel,
U.S.C.
with
the
goals
585
enumerated
F.3d
182,
186
3583(d)(2)
(2012)).
Sentencing
Commission
the
in
3553(a).
(4th
It
Cir.
also
policy
2009)
must
be
statements
it
imposes,
supported
by
factual
findings
that
The courts
review
sentencing.
and
to
promote
the
perception
of
fair
Nevertheless, those
F.3d
at
407
(4th
Cir.
2012)
(internal
Huntley
first
asserts
Worley,
quotation
marks
omitted).
On
appeal,
that
the
district
or
to
justify
release it imposed.
the
special
conditions
of
supervised
or
alcohol.
U.S.
Sentencing
treatment
that
condition
the
where
defendant
psychiatric treatment.
is
Manual
It recommends a mental
the
in
Guidelines
need
court
of
has
reason
to
psychological
or
conditions
of
supervised
release.
First,
although
We also
650
analogizes
F.3d
1153
his
(8th
case
Cir.
to
2011),
United
vacated
States
on
v.
other
For the first time in reply, Huntley argues that the court
improperly delegated to the probation office the final decision
about whether sex offender treatment was appropriate, thereby
violating the separation of powers principle.
(Reply at 5-6).
This argument is not properly before us.
See United States v.
Brooks, 524 F.3d 549, 556 & n.11 (4th Cir. 2008) (deeming claim
raised for first time in reply brief abandoned).
special
condition
related
to
defendants
prior
guilty
of
particular
offense,
as
it
must
make
conditions
requiring
mental
health
Thus,
testing
and
is
evidences
reason
to
believe
recalcitrance
and
that
an
the
ongoing
failure
to
proclivity
register
to
commit
were
specifically
Id. at 1157.
to
present
referred
Huntleys
in
to
his
assertions,
case.
Huntleys
The
numerous
such
additional
sentencing
prior
court
convictions
comply
with
with
sex
sex
offender
offender
Additionally,
registration,
treatment
Huntley
had
mandated
history
of
and
by
his
the
noncompliance
state
substance
court.
abuse
and
See,
sentence.
In
sentencing
defendant,
the
court
is
F.3d
omitted).
267,
The
270
(4th
parties
Cir.
2010)
agree
that
(internal
the
quotation
appropriate
marks
term
of
747 F.3d 323, 329-31 (5th Cir. 2014); United States v. Goodwin,
717 F.3d 511 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 134 S. Ct. 334 (2013).
7
on
the
courts
failure
to
calculate
this
range
before
district
court
further
asserts
that
the
reasons
not
particular
to
Huntley,
when
imposing
the
the
extent
considering
the
required
make
to
facts presented.
of
the
upward
3553(a)
an
variance
factors,
the
individualized
he
received.
sentencing
assessment
be
court
based
on
is
the
In
substantively
unreasonable
if
the
court
A sentence
relies
on
an
375,
omitted).
3553(a)
378
(4th
Cir.
2006)
Additionally,
factors
without
(internal
talismanic
application
to
quotation
recitation
the
of
defendant
marks
the
being
consider
(a)(2)(B),
(a)(7).
the
factors
(a)(2)(C),
18
set
forth
(a)(2)(D),
U.S.C.
in
(a)(4),
3583(c)
(2012).
section
3553(a)(1),
(a)(5),
Not
(a)(6),
among
and
these
the
sentence
to
reflect
the
seriousness
of
the
the
imposed
context
under
3553(a)(2)(A)]
sentence
of
18
supervised
U.S.C.
3583,
considerations
procedurally
release
mere
does
unreasonable
not
when
revocation
reference
render
those
sentences
to
[the
revocation
factors
are
factors,
as
long
as
the
sentence
is
not
based
United States
Here,
although
the
court
relied
in
part
on
the
primarily
rely
on
these
factors,
but
instead
explicitly
and
protection
of
the
public,
and
the
need
for
Thus,
we
discern
no
procedural
error
in
Huntleys
sentence.
Turning
to
substantive
reasonableness,
we
conclude
serious
supervision,
history,
failure
to
his
comply
repeated
with
violations
court-mandated
of
sex
history
and
seriousness
of
that
conduct.
We
and
was
sufficiently
grounded
in
Huntleys
personal
AFFIRMED
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