FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION MAY 18 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 11-10484
Plaintiff - Appellee, D.C. No. 2:10-cr-00612-HDM
v.
MEMORANDUM *
PATRICK RANEY,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Nevada
Howard D. McKibben, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted May 15, 2012 **
Before: CANBY, GRABER, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges
Patrick Raney appeals from the 87-month sentence imposed following his
guilty-plea conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of
18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
§ 1291, and we affirm.
Raney contends that the sentence is substantively unreasonable because the
district court failed to consider several of his mitigating arguments. The record
reflects that the district court considered Raney’s arguments in mitigation, and
engaged in a thorough analysis of the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) sentencing factors,
before concluding that a sentence at the high end of the adjusted Guidelines range
was appropriate. The sentence is substantively reasonable in light of the totality of
the circumstances and the section 3553(a) sentencing factors. See Gall v. United
States, 552 U.S. 38, 51 (2007).
AFFIRMED.
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