United States of America v. Hassell E. Myers

United States Court of Appeals
For the Eighth Circuit
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No. 21-2696
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United States of America
Plaintiff - Appellee
v.
Hassell E. Myers
Defendant - Appellant
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Appeal from United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Missouri - Cape Girardeau
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Submitted: March 18, 2022
Filed: May 24, 2022
[Unpublished]
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Before GRASZ, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.
After Hassell Myers pleaded guilty to failing to register as a sex offender, the
district court1 sentenced him to 24 months in prison and 20 years of supervised
1 The Honorable Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Missouri.

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release. See 18 U.S.C. § 2250. Although he argues that the supervised-release term
is too long, we affirm.
Despite varying upward, the district court neither procedurally erred nor
abused its discretion. See United States v. Feemster, 572 F.3d 455, 464 (8th Cir.
2009) (en banc) (“[I]t will be the unusual case when we reverse a district court
sentence—whether within, above, or below the applicable Guidelines range—as
substantively unreasonable.” (emphasis added) (citation omitted)); United States v.
James, 792 F.3d 962, 967 (8th Cir. 2015) (explaining that “[t]he term of supervised
release is a part of” the sentence). The record establishes that it carefully considered
the statutory sentencing factors, see 18 U.S.C. § 3583(c), and did not rely on an
improper factor or commit a clear error of judgment. See United States v. Larison,
432 F.3d 921, 923–24 (8th Cir. 2006). Just because Myers would have weighed
certain factors differently does not mean the court abused its discretion or otherwise
erred. See James, 792 F.3d at 968–69.
We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court.
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