United States v. Angela Olson, No. 21-2254 (8th Cir. 2021)

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Court Description: [Per Curiam - Before Colloton, Shepherd, and Stras, Circuit Judges] Criminal case - Sentencing. Anders case. The sentence imposed upon the revocation of defendant's supervised release was not substantively unreasonable.

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United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 21-2254 ___________________________ United States of America lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiff - Appellee v. Angela Kaye Olson lllllllllllllllllllllDefendant - Appellant ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa - Central ____________ Submitted: October 8, 2021 Filed: October 15, 2021 [Unpublished] ____________ Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and STRAS, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Angela Olson appeals after the district court1 revoked her supervised release and sentenced her above the advisory Guidelines range to 27 months in prison. Her 1 The Honorable Leonard T. Strand, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. counsel has moved for leave to withdraw, and has filed a brief challenging the sentence. After careful review of the record, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Olson, as it properly considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors; there was no indication that it overlooked a relevant factor, or committed a clear error of judgment in weighing relevant factors, see United States v. Miller, 557 F.3d 910, 915-18 (8th Cir. 2009) (substantive reasonableness of revocation sentence is reviewed under deferential abuse-of-discretion standard); and the sentence was below the statutory limit, see 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e)(3). Accordingly, we grant counsel’s motion to withdraw, and affirm. ______________________________ -2-

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