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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FILED
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
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APRIL 16, 2009
No. 08-14499 THOMAS K. KAHN
Non-Argument Calendar CLERK
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D. C. Docket No. 99-00322-CR-1-SLB-TMP
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
BARRY EUGENE NOLAN,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama
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(April 16, 2009)
Before MARCUS, PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Barry Eugene Nolan appeals his sentence of imprisonment for 48 months for
violating the terms of his supervised release. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In 2000, Nolan pleaded guilty to four drug crimes: conspiracy to possess
with intent to distribute cocaine base, possession with intent to distribute five
grams or more of cocaine base, aiding and abetting the distribution of five grams or
more of cocaine base, and aiding and abetting the distribution of cocaine base. 18
U.S.C. § 2; 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. The district court sentenced Nolan to 110
months of imprisonment followed by 60 months of supervised release. In June
2001, the district court granted Nolan a downward departure to 68 months of
imprisonment for his assistance to the government. Two months later, the district
court granted Nolan a second downward departure to 55 months of imprisonment.
In May 2008, the government petitioned to revoke Nolan’s supervised
release. The government alleged that Nolan violated two terms of his release:
Nolan was arrested in February 2008 for unlawful distribution of cocaine base and
he failed to report that arrest to his probation officer.
At the revocation hearing, Nolan admitted that he had failed to report his
arrest. The government introduced testimony from surveillance officers, Nolan’s
two probation officers, and a video recording to establish that Nolan sold crack
cocaine to an undercover agent. Nolan argued that it was a case of mistaken
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identity and that his brother, Bradderick Nolan, had sold the drugs to the
informant.
The district court found by “more than a preponderance of the evidence” that
Nolan had violated his supervised release by distributing cocaine base and had
failed to report his arrest to his probation officer and revoked Nolan’s supervised
release. The district court told Nolan that, “although the Guideline range” was
between “30 and 37 months” of imprisonment, Nolan had “gotten breaks” in the
past for his cooperation with law enforcement. The court told Nolan that “it
look[ed] like” he and his “brother [were] just back” trafficking drugs “full steam
ahead just like [they] were the first time,” and the court cautioned Nolan that if he
did not “make some major changes here, prison [was] where [he was] going to
spend the rest of [his] life.” The district court stated that it was “inclined to go to
the maximum” of five years of imprisonment, but it sentenced Nolan to 48 months
of imprisonment based on the statutory factors and the policy statements in chapter
7 of the Guidelines. After the district court imposed the sentence, it inquired if
either party had any objections to the findings of fact or the sentence and both
parties responded negatively.
II. STANDARD OF REVIEW
When the district court provides a defendant the opportunity to object to his
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sentence and he remains “silent or fails to state the grounds for objection,
objections to the sentence will be waived for purposes of appeal[.]” United States
v. Jones, 899 F.2d 1097, 1103 (11th Cir. 1990). We “will not entertain an appeal
based upon such objections unless refusal to do so would result in manifest
injustice.” Id. We review the reasonableness of a sentence after a revocation of
supervised release for abuse of discretion. United States v. Velasquez Velasquez,
524 F.3d 1248, 1252 (11th Cir. 2008) (per curiam).
III. DISCUSSION
Nolan challenges his sentence on two grounds. Nolan argues that the district
court failed to elicit objections to his sentence and that his sentence is
unreasonable. These arguments fail.
The district court inquired whether Nolan and the government had any
objections to the sentence in compliance with United States v. Campbell, 473 F.3d
1345, 1348 (11th Cir. 2007) (per curiam). Under Campbell, a district court must
ask the parties whether they have any objection to the sentence or the manner in
which the sentence is imposed. Id. After the district court announced Nolan’s
sentence, the court asked if either party had “any objection . . . as to the findings of
fact, the calculations, the sentence or the manner in which the sentence was
pronounced or imposed,” then inquired if counsel had “[a]nything for the
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government” or “[a]nything for the defendant.” That inquiry was sufficient under
Campbell, and Nolan waived any objection to the findings, calculations, and
manner of sentencing.
Nolan’s sentence to a term above the advisory guideline range also is
reasonable. Nolan argues that the range provided by the Guidelines took into
account his drug offense, but the district court was permitted to consider Nolan’s
criminal activity in weighing the statutory factors. See Gall v. United States, 128
S. Ct. 586, 597 (2007). After the district court calculated the range of punishment
and discussed the facts of Nolan’s offense and his criminal history, the district
court found that a sentence of 48 months of imprisonment was a “deal” for Nolan.
See 18 U.S.C. §§ 3583(e), 3553(a); United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual
ch. 7, pt. A, introductory cmt. 3(b); Velasquez Velasquez, 524 F.3d at 1252. The
district court did not abuse its discretion.
IV. CONCLUSION
Nolan’s sentence is AFFIRMED.
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