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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
No. 09-14034 ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Non-Argument Calendar
JOHN LEY
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CLERK
D. C. Docket No. 07-20058-TP-KMM
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
LOUIS MALAVE,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(February 26, 2010)
Before EDMONDSON, BIRCH and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Louis Malave appeals his 14-month Guidelines sentence following his
supervised release revocation hearing. Although Malave admits that he violated
the conditions of his supervised release, he contends on appeal that his sentence is
unreasonable. Malave argues that the district court failed to properly consider the
factors set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a), as well as other mitigating circumstances,
in determining his sentence. He contends that extenuating circumstances
surrounding his rehabilitation from drug abuse, as well as health issues related to
his depression and insomnia, were extenuating circumstances that should have
factored into the sentencing equation. He further maintains that the district court
disregarded evidence that he had the benefit of family support, a new job, and that
he recently became more significantly involved in the life of his daughter.
We review the district court’s ultimate sentence imposed upon revocation of
supervised release for reasonableness. United States v. Sweeting, 437 F.3d 1105,
1106–07 (11th Cir. 2006) (per curiam). A final sentence may be procedurally or
substantively unreasonable. Gall v. United States, 552 U.S. 38, 51, 128 S. Ct. 586,
597 (2007). A sentence is procedurally unreasonable if the district court
improperly calculated the Guidelines imprisonment range, treated the Guidelines as
mandatory, failed to consider the appropriate statutory factors, based the sentence
on clearly erroneous facts, or failed to adequately explain its reasoning. Id. If the
district court made no procedural errors, then the substantive reasonableness of the
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sentence is reviewed to determine whether the sentence is supported by the §
3553(a) factors. Id. at 56, 128 S. Ct. at 600. A district court is not required to state
that it has explicitly considered each of the § 3553(a) factors or to discuss each
factor. United States v. Dorman, 488 F.3d 936, 938 (11th Cir. 2007). The district
court “should set forth enough to satisfy the appellate court that he has considered
the parties’ arguments and has a reasoned basis for exercising his own legal
decision-making authority.” Rita v. United States, 551 U.S. 338, 356, 127 S. Ct.
2456, 2468.
Malave has not established that his sentence is unreasonable. After Malave
admitted that he violated his supervised release, the district court accurately
calculated the Guidelines range, made no procedural errors in the process, and
sentenced Malave within that range. “[W]hen the district court imposes a sentence
within the advisory Guidelines range, we ordinarily will expect that choice to be a
reasonable one.” United States v. Talley, 431 F.3d 784, 788 (11th Cir. 2005) (per
curiam). Despite the district court’s failure to explicitly articulate that it had
considered the § 3553(a) factors, the district court did discuss Malave’s prior
criminal history and expressed concern over the speed with which Malave had
regressed. Since posting bond, Malave had tested positive again for a controlled
substance. Further, the Court noted that it had “carefully considered the statements
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of all parties and the information in the violation report.”
We are satisfied that the district court, therefore, correctly applied the
Guidelines and adequately considered the sentencing factors in imposing a within-
Guidelines sentence. Thereby finding his sentence to be procedurally and
substantively reasonable, we affirm Malave’s sentence.
AFFIRMED.
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